Judicial Process Ch5 10.22.10.

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Beer v. US

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1976, Used 14th Section 5 to ensure retrogression would not take place in voting-process.

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Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act

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Bans "Soft" (unregulated money to Nat’l parties

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Blanket Primary

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Allowing voters to select any member from any party;UC CA Dem. Party v. Jones (2000)

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Breedlove v. Suttles

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1937, a case upholding state poll taxes

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Buckley v. Valeo

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1976, Distinguished contributions v expenditures in the Federal Election Campaign Act. Limited contributions.

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CO Republicans v. Ded. Electric Comm. (I)

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1996,upheld unlimited expenditures as long as it was conducted independent of a candidate.

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CO Republicans v. Ded. Electric Comm. (II)

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2001, Continued to allow large campaign contribution

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Colegrove v. Green

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1946, invoked the political doctrine when responding to apportionment

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Davis v. Bandemer

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1986, declared gerrymandering as a justiciable issue under the 14th Amendment.

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Dept. of Commerce v. US Representatives

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1999, Apportionment must be based on actual count not sampling

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Ex parte Yarbrough

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1884, Invoked the 14th and 15th to protect blacks voting rights.

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Fed. Election Comm. V. Political Committee

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1985, expenditures cannot be limited since they have no appearance of corruption

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Federal Election Campaign Act

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An attempt to reduce to look of corruption in the federal gov't

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Franchise

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The history of the right to vote

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Gary v. Saunders

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1963, Appling one person, one vote principle to person: representative ratio

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Georgia v. Ashcroft

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2003, Increased number of representatives to represent minorities

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Gerrymandering

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Drawing district lines to benefit certain parties

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Giles v. Harris

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1903,Upheld de facto racist Alabama law since de jure it applied to the entire population

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Gomillion v. Lightfoot

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1960, 28-sided monster to rid all black voting power

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Grandfather Clause

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A literacy test given primarily to blacks before voting

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Grovey v. Townsend

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1935, political conventions were private, not state funded , blacks were restricted

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Guinn v. US

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1915,struck down the grandfather clause

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Hard Money

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Regulated campaign money

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Harper v. Virginia BOE

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1966,Struck down poll tax in state elections

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League of American Citizens v. Perry

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2006,A Democrat based challenge to a Republican districting scheme in Texas. Gerrymandering is justiciable with no standards.

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Legislative Apportionment

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Distribution of seats in the legislative body

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Legislative Districting

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Geographical districting within states

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Majority-Minority-Districts

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Putting minorities in different districts than majority populous

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Newberry v. US

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1921,Decalred party primary not constitutional elections, allowing states to ban blacks from voting in them

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Nixon v. Condon

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1932, a second case striking down white primaries

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Nixon v. Herndon

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1927, a case striking down a white primary in Texas

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O'Hare Trucking v. Northlake

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1996, a claim suggesting a trucker was taken off root for failure to support his mayors campaign

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One-Person-One-Vote

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Person: representative ratio must remain proportional throughout the state

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Per Curiam

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All SCOTUS justices in one opinion

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Political Question Doctrine

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Certain disputes, that are political in nature cannot be resolved in the courts.

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Poll Tax

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Charging persons to vote, preventing the poor, usually blacks from voting.

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Randall v. Sorrell

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2006, 1st case striking down states dollar amount restriction on campaign contributions

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Reno v. Bossier Parish School

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2000, Using Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act, required states to check with their attorney general prior changing voting criterion

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Retrogression

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A concept that ensures no legislation be passed that has the intentions of positioning minorities in a weaker political prostitution

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Rice v. Cayetano

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2000, Hawaiian case involving criterion based on ancestral lineage; struck down

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Rome v. US

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1980, Struck down increase in boundaries to weaken black-to-white ration.

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Shaw v. Hunt

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1996, struck down racial gerrymandering

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Shaw v. Reno

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1993,struck down racial gerrymandering

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Smith v. Allwright

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1944, overturned Grovey v. Townsend, it applied the 14th and 15th Amendment to primaries

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Soft Money

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Unregulated campaign donations

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South Carolina v. Katzenbach

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1966, Upheld Voters Rights Act of 1965 ==>doubled black voter registration in GA

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Tashijan v. Connecticut

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1986, Overturned state law requiring closed primary elections

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Terry v. Adams

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1953, Struck down unofficial white primary elections

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US v. Classic

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Congress may regulate state elections if suspect of ballot miscount or other corruption

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Voting Rights Act

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1965, most important voters legislation; barring poll taxes, literacy tests, et cettera.

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Wesberry v. Sanders

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Extended one person, one vote principle to congressional elections

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White Primary

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Using Newberry v. US, barring blacks from party primaries.