04472nam 2200793 a 450 991017221340332120210916025909.01-4008-2277-797866127535891-282-75358-41-4008-1116-310.1515/9781400822775(CKB)111056486500344(EBL)664546(OCoLC)228042787(SSID)ssj0000203632(PQKBManifestationID)11181370(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000203632(PQKBWorkID)10173797(PQKB)10405851(SSID)ssj0000439717(PQKBManifestationID)11332233(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000439717(PQKBWorkID)10464423(PQKB)10752796(MdBmJHUP)muse36064(DE-B1597)446190(OCoLC)979628861(DE-B1597)9781400822775(Au-PeEL)EBL664546(CaPaEBR)ebr10031937(CaONFJC)MIL275358(MiAaPQ)EBC664546(EXLCZ)9911105648650034419971217d1998 uy 0engurnn#---|u||utxtccrMistaken identity the Supreme Court and the politics of minority representation /Keith J. BybeeCore TextbookPrinceton, N.J. Princeton University Pressc19981 online resource (205 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-691-09496-9 0-691-01729-8 Includes bibliographical references (p. 175-189) and index.Front matter --Contents --Acknowledgments --Introduction --Chapter One. The Voting Rights Act and the Struggle for Meaningful Political Membership --Chapter Two. The Supreme Court and Representation: Building an Analytical Framework --Chapter Three. Sound and Fury: Identifying the Role of Political Identity in the Public Debate --Chapter Four. The Early Cases --Chapter Five. The Later Cases: The Polarization of Judicial Debate --Chapter Six. The Possibilities of Legislative Learning --Appendix Table of Cases --Reference List --IndexIs it ever legitimate to redraw electoral districts on the basis of race? In its long struggle with this question, the U.S. Supreme Court has treated race-conscious redistricting either as a requirement of political fairness or as an exercise in corrosive racial "as. Cutting through these contradictory positions, Keith Bybee examines the theoretical foundations of the Court's decisions and the ideological controversy those decisions have engendered. He uncovers erroneous assumptions about political identity on both sides of the debate and formulates new terms on which minority representation can be pursued. As Bybee shows, the Court has for the last twenty years encouraged a division between individualist and group concepts of political identity. He demonstrates convincingly that both individualist and group proponents share the misguided notion that political identity is formed prior to and apart from politics itself. According to Bybee, this "mistaken identity" should be abandoned for a more flexible, politically informed understanding of who the "people" really are. Thus, a misdirected debate will be replaced by a more considered discussion in which the people can speak for themselves, even as the Court speaks on their behalf. Engaged in the politics of minority representation, the Court will be able to help citizens articulate and achieve more fruitful forms of political community.MinoritiesSuffrageUnited StatesProportional representationUnited StatesRepresentative government and representationUnited StatesElection districtsUnited StatesPolitical questions and judicial powerUnited StatesMinoritiesSuffrageProportional representationRepresentative government and representationElection districtsPolitical questions and judicial power342.73/053Bybee Keith J.1965-870011MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910172213403321Mistaken identity1942394UNINA