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" While the result of a court decision in a state legislative apportionment controversy may be to require the restructuring of the geographical distribution of seats in a state legislature, the judicial focus must be concentrated upon ascertaining whether... "
The U.S. Supreme Court and the Electoral Process: Second Edition - Page 287
edited by - 2002 - 384 pages
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United States Reports: Cases Adjudged in the Supreme Court at ..., Volume 377

United States. Supreme Court, John Chandler Bancroft Davis, Henry Putzel, Henry C. Lind, Frank D. Wagner - Courts - 1964 - 980 pages
...the Court in United States v. Bathgate, 246 US 220, 227, "[t]he right to vote is personal . . . ." *' While the result of a court decision in a state legislative...of their constitutionally protected right to vote. Like Skinner v. Oklahoma, 316 US 535, such a case "touches a sensitive and important area of human...
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United States Reports: Cases Adjudged in the Supreme Court at ..., Volume 377

United States. Supreme Court, John Chandler Bancroft Davis, Henry Putzel, Henry C. Lind, Frank D. Wagner - Courts - 1964 - 972 pages
...the Court in United States v. Bathgate, 246 US 220, 227, "[t]he right to vote is personal . . . ." " While the result of a court decision in a state legislative...of their constitutionally protected right to vote. Like Skinner v. Oklahoma, 316 US 535, such a case "touches a sensitive and important area of human...
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Voting Rights Act: hearings before the Subcommittee on the ..., Part 2

United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on the Constitution - African Americans - 1983 - 1112 pages
...Our paramount concern has remained an individual and personal right — the right to an equal vote. "While the result of a court decision in a state legislative...of their constitutionally protected right to vote." Reynolds v. Sims, supra, at 561. We have demanded equality in district population precisely to insure...
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Political Gerrymandering and the Courts

Bernard Grofman - Law - 2003 - 354 pages
...gerrymandering have preferred to overlook, he defined the nature of the constitutional claim being adjudicated: A predominant consideration in determining whether...of their constitutionally protected right to vote (p. 561) Attacks on malapportionment could have been conceptualized as claims by the residents of underrepresented...
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Reason and Passion: Justice Brennan's Enduring Influence

Brennan Center for Justice - Civil rights - 1997 - 348 pages
...Our paramount concern has remained an individual and personal right— the right to an equal vote. "While the result of a court decision in a state legislative...of their constitutionally protected right to vote." We have demanded equality in district population precisely to insure that the weight of a person's...
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The Constitutional Divide: The Private and Public Sectors in American Law

William P. Kreml - Civil law - 1997 - 252 pages
...violated the equal protection provisions of the federal Constitution? The Court answered that the power to "require the restructuring of the geographical distribution of seats in a state legislature" would lie within the Court's jurisdiction if "there has been any discrimination against certain of...
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Political Gerrymandering and the Courts

Bernard Grofman - Law - 2003 - 354 pages
...gerrymandering have preferred to overlook, he defined the nature of the constitutional claim being adjudicated: A predominant consideration in determining whether...of their constitutionally protected right to vote (p. 561) Attacks on malapportionment could have been conceptualized as claims by the residents of underrepresented...
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American Constitutional Law: Essays, Cases, and Comparative Notes

Donald P. Kommers, John E. Finn, Gary J. Jacobsohn - Law - 2004 - 502 pages
...Court in United States v. Batbgate, 246 US 220, 227 (1918), "[tlhe right to vote is personal. . . ." While the result of a court decision in a state legislative...of their constitutionally protected right to vote. . . . Undoubtedly, the right of suffrage is a fundamental matter in a free and democratic society....
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