Document Title: Voting Rights Act Vol. 2: Appendix
Document Description: Congressional Hearings: Senate Appendix volume to hearings before the Subcom on the Constitution to consider bills to extend and revise P.L. 89-110, the Voting Rights Act (VRA) of 1965. Includes transcript (p. 1-12) of Mar. 24 subcom markup session on an amendment in the nature of a substitute to S. 1992 (draft text, p. 8), the Voting Rights Act Amendments of 1982, to extend VRA for 10 years. Amended bill was favorably reported to the full committee. Also includes transcripts (p. 13-124) of Apr. 27-29, May 4 full committee consideration of subcom report on S. 1992, presented by chairman Orrin G. Hatch (R-Utah), and S. 1992 amendments (texts throughout). Amended bill was favorably reported. Supplementary material (p. 125-1076) includes submitted statements, correspondence, court documents, articles, and: Bell, Randall T.; “Voting Rights Act and Reapportionment: Should Section 5 Be Extended?”, remarks prepared for Natl Conf of State Legislatures conf, July 30, 1981, (p. 152-173. Thernstrom, Abigail M.; “Odd Evolution of the Voting Rights Act”, Public Interest, (p. 435-462. O’Rourke, Timothy G. (Univ of Va); “Legal Status of Local At-Large Elections: Racial Discrimination and the Remedy of “Affirmative Representation'”, prepared for Southern Political Science Assn meeting, Nov. 1-3, 1979, (p. 464-494). Wells, David I. (Intl Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union); “Con Affirmative Gerrymandering”, Policy Studies J, 1980-81, (p. 495-508). Wells, David I.; “Affirmative Gerrymandering’ Compounds Districting Problems”, Natl Civic Review, Jan. 1978, (p. 509-516). Hamilton, Howard D. (Ind Univ); “Choosing a Representation System: More Than Meets the Eye”, remarks prepared for Natl Conf on Govt, Nov. 11, 1979, (p. 517-524). Troy, Anthony, VRA constitutionality, legal memo, Congressional Record excerpt (p. 525-536). Hill, David A. (Republican Study Committee); “Backgrounder: The Voting Rights Act”, Sept. 25, 1981, (p. 537-547). McClellan, James; “Fiddling with the Constitution While Rome Burns: The Case Against the Voting Rights Act of 1965”, La Law Review, 1981, (p. 548-620). Durbin, Thomas M. (CRS); “Covered States and Jurisdictions That Have “Bailed Out’ or Attempted to “Bail Out’ of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, As Amended”, June 30, 1981, (p. 621-630). Hunter, David H.; “Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965: Problems and Possibilities”, prepared for Amer Political Science Assn meeting, Aug. 28-31, 1980, (p. 631-641). Boyd, Eugene (CRS); “City Council At-Large System of Voting”, tables, Municipal Yearbook, 1972, (p. 642-651). Bajoie, Diana (Survival Coalition); “Comment Submitted to Justice Department Office of Civil Rights Voting Rights Section Objecting to Reapportionment Plan of Louisiana House of Representatives”, (p. 652-677). McDonald, Laughlin (ACLU); “Voting Rights in the South: Ten Years of Litigation Challenging Continuing Discrimination Against Minorities”, with tables, (p. 678-736). Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law; “Errors in the Senate Testimony of Assistant Attorney General W. Bradford Reynolds in His Opposition to the House-Passed Bill Extending the Voting Rights Act”, (p. 742-750).
Publication Year: 1982
Publication: Hearing – Hearings Published
ProQuest Product: ProQuest Congressional
Source Institution: Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C.