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January 1, 2013
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Protected "American Government Lecture Eleven": lecture is complete; comments and suggestions can be made on the talk page ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))
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complete
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move to next lecture
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use capital "s" in State - it's clearer to students that way
federal courts do issue injunctions within hours or days of motions by liberal groups, particularly on topics like racial discrimination or abortion
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→The Voting Rights Act of 1965: better
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→The Voting Rights Act of 1965: SC voter ID, as modified, is now in effect for 2013
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→The Voting Rights Act of 1965: remove irrelevant phrase and simplify the sentence
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→"The Power to Tax": no abbreviation for internal consistency
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→The Supremacy Clause: state is not capitalized in this usae
→The Voting Rights Act of 1965: better, again remove irrelevant sentence on preliminary injunctions, as delay and expense of litigation was a factor, even if a preliminary injunction could issue
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formatting
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subsequently applied against States (like Alaska) that had no history of discrimination against African Americans
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citation
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→The Voting Rights Act of 1965: VRA was bipartisan
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→The Supremacy Clause: grammar
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→States Having Townships that Are Covered: fix
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→The Voting Rights Act of 1965: remove factor that was probably considered by the VRA's authors (preliminary injunctions require passing a 4-factor test plus litigation costs)
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→The Voting Rights Act of 1965: readd info on Southern states inventiveness of new election laws to continue de facto discrimination
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→The Supremacy Clause: expand
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→Homework: improved
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But today federal courts issue injunctions within days, if not hours, of any racial discrimination by a state, so the state justification for the pre-clearance requirement seems more political than gr
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→The Supremacy Clause: note on idea for expansion on preemption
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→The Voting Rights Act of 1965: add additional explanation
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→The Voting Rights Act of 1965: 15th Amendment deals with only race/origin/previous servitude
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→The Voting Rights Act of 1965: not the Constitution, but the VRA
moved reference to Jim Crow to the footnote, with an explanation
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→The Voting Rights Act of 1965: better distinction between preclearance coverage and the other VRA provisions that apply to all states and other jurisdictions
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→Homework
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→The Voting Rights Act of 1965: add historical note on facially neutral provisions during the Jim Crow era (which is a reason why courts look beyond what appears on the face of a voting statute)
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→The Voting Rights Act of 1965: better
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→States Having Townships that Are Covered by the Voting Rights Act: rm ungrammatical sentence that I can't think of a way to rephrase off the top of my head; please do so, thanks
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→The Voting Rights Act of 1965: +info on preclearance
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almost done, before proofreading
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→The Voting Rights Act of 1965: cquote, trim
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→The Voting Rights Act of 1965: rm stray footnote
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→The Voting Rights Act of 1965: +SC v. katzenbach
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→The Voting Rights Act of 1965: better
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→The Voting Rights Act of 1965: expanded
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→"One man, one vote": fix template
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