Speech ... on the Proposition to Amend to Constitution of the United States ... in the House of Representatives, January 9, 1865

Speech ... on the Proposition to Amend to Constitution of the United States ... in the House of Representatives, January 9, 1865
Title Speech ... on the Proposition to Amend to Constitution of the United States ... in the House of Representatives, January 9, 1865 PDF eBook
Author George Helm Yeaman
Publisher
Pages 20
Release 1865
Genre Enslaved persons
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Constitution

Constitution
Title Constitution PDF eBook
Author United States
Publisher
Pages 66
Release 1893
Genre
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A Manual of Parliamentary Practice

A Manual of Parliamentary Practice
Title A Manual of Parliamentary Practice PDF eBook
Author Thomas Jefferson
Publisher
Pages 216
Release 1848
Genre Parliamentary practice
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The Voting Rights Act of 1965

The Voting Rights Act of 1965
Title The Voting Rights Act of 1965 PDF eBook
Author Kevin J. Coleman
Publisher CreateSpace
Pages 32
Release 2015-01-02
Genre Election law
ISBN 9781505554328

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The Voting Rights Act (VRA) was successfully challenged in a June 2013 case decided by the U.S. Supreme Court in Shelby County, Alabama v. Holder. The suit challenged the constitutionality of Sections 4 and 5 of the VRA, under which certain jurisdictions with a history of racial discrimination in voting-mostly in the South-were required to "pre-clear" changes to the election process with the Justice Department (the U.S. Attorney General) or the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. The preclearance provision (Section 5) was based on a formula (Section 4) that considered voting practices and patterns in 1964, 1968, or 1972. At issue in Shelby County was whether Congress exceeded its constitutional authority when it reauthorized the VRA in 2006-with the existing formula-thereby infringing on the rights of the states. In its ruling, the Court struck down Section 4 as outdated and not "grounded in current conditions." As a consequence, Section 5 is intact, but inoperable, unless or until Congress prescribes a new Section 4 formula.

Nineteenth Century Short-title Catalogue: phase 1. 1816-1870

Nineteenth Century Short-title Catalogue: phase 1. 1816-1870
Title Nineteenth Century Short-title Catalogue: phase 1. 1816-1870 PDF eBook
Author
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Pages 796
Release 1984
Genre Books
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Three Decades of Federal Legislation, 1855 to 1885

Three Decades of Federal Legislation, 1855 to 1885
Title Three Decades of Federal Legislation, 1855 to 1885 PDF eBook
Author Samuel Sullivan Cox
Publisher
Pages 774
Release 1885
Genre United States
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Keeping Faith with the Constitution

Keeping Faith with the Constitution
Title Keeping Faith with the Constitution PDF eBook
Author Goodwin Liu
Publisher Oxford University Press
Pages 274
Release 2010-08-05
Genre Law
ISBN 0199752834

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Chief Justice John Marshall argued that a constitution "requires that only its great outlines should be marked [and] its important objects designated." Ours is "intended to endure for ages to come, and consequently, to be adapted to the various crises of human affairs." In recent years, Marshall's great truths have been challenged by proponents of originalism and strict construction. Such legal thinkers as Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia argue that the Constitution must be construed and applied as it was when the Framers wrote it. In Keeping Faith with the Constitution, three legal authorities make the case for Marshall's vision. They describe their approach as "constitutional fidelity"--not to how the Framers would have applied the Constitution, but to the text and principles of the Constitution itself. The original understanding of the text is one source of interpretation, but not the only one; to preserve the meaning and authority of the document, to keep it vital, applications of the Constitution must be shaped by precedent, historical experience, practical consequence, and societal change. The authors range across the history of constitutional interpretation to show how this approach has been the source of our greatest advances, from Brown v. Board of Education to the New Deal, from the Miranda decision to the expansion of women's rights. They delve into the complexities of voting rights, the malapportionment of legislative districts, speech freedoms, civil liberties and the War on Terror, and the evolution of checks and balances. The Constitution's framers could never have imagined DNA, global warming, or even women's equality. Yet these and many more realities shape our lives and outlook. Our Constitution will remain vital into our changing future, the authors write, if judges remain true to this rich tradition of adaptation and fidelity.