Pamela S. Karlan
Review
Lightning in the Hand: Indians and Voting Rights
120 Yale L.J. 1420 (2011). American Indians and the Fight for Equal Voting Rights By Laughlin McDonald Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 2010, pp. 347. $55.00.
Apr 5, 2011
Feature
John Hart Ely and the Problem of Gerrymandering: The Lion in Winter
114 Yale L.J. 1329 (2005) In Democracy and Distrust, John Hart Ely articulated a "participation-oriented, representation-reinforcing approach to judicial review" that advanced both an anti-entrenchment and an antidiscrimination rationale for judicial intervention. This essay explores the implications of his work for a central issue of democratic governance: legislative apportionment. Part I shows that although Ely celebrated the Warren Court's "Reapportionment...
Apr 1, 2005