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scotusblog.com - 3/10/2009
Analysis: Is race forever to be present in politics?
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Analysis Two starkly differing views of the contemporary role of race in American politics emerged in full view in the Supreme Court’s wide-ranging new ruling on federal voting rights law. Both views start with the same premise, but end up in markedly different conclusions. Again, the ...
scotusblog.com - 3/9/2009
Court rules against minority districts
— scotusblog.com — Dividing 5-4, the Supreme Court ruled on Monday that federal voting rights law does not require the... creation of a new legislative district when that would include a racial minority group that has less than 50 percent of the population, as a remedy ... (more) Court rules against minority districts

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scotusblog.com - 3/4/2009
Analysis: In search of a limiting principle
— scotusblog.com — Analysis Tugged between a sense that a constitutional ruling on judges’ duty to take themselves out of... cases if bias is suspected should provide very clear guidance, and a sense that it might be written only to apply in the most extreme ... (more) Analysis: In search of a limiting principle

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SUPREME COURT RULES AGAINST MINORITY DISTRICTS: “Dividing 5-4, the Supreme Court ruled on Monday th…
Instapundit — ... “Dividing 5-4, the Supreme Court ruled on Monday that federal voting rights law does not require the creation of a new legislative district when that would include a racial minority group that has less than 50 percent of the population, as a remedy when minority voters’ rights have been diluted.” More here, from Lyle Denniston. ...

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