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| The Cabinet: Secretary of Health and Human Services |
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| Minority leader in Senate from Kentucky-Republicans |
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| Majority Leader in Senate |
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| from D.C. who was appointed to supreme court by Reagan, Senate rejected Robert Moore |
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| Filled the vacancy in senate when Edward Kennedy from Massachusetts died |
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| One of the two independent parties in the Senate - votes with the Democrats |
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| Texas Senator - District 26, Republican |
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| The Cabinet: Secretary of Homeland Security |
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| The Cabinet: Secretary of Defense |
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| The Cabinet: Secretary of State |
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| The Cabinet: Attorney General |
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court reverses “political” issues position; “one man, one vote;”
- Tennessee
- Rural to Urban
- Challenge Under 14th Amendment
- One Man, One vote
- All STATE House districts within a state must be the same size in population
- A guideline for redistricting state houses |
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- All U.S House districts within a state must be the same size in population
- Texas has 32 U.S. House Districts
- U.S. House District #26 -Michael Burgess (R/TX) |
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Any state with a history of discrimination against minorities must submit changes in election law to the U.S. Justice Department for approval
- Texas IS considered in Voting Rights Act |
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- LULAC: League of United Latin American Citizens
- Challenge to redistricting efforts
- Republicans were in violation of voting rights act |
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| rejected and not confirmed by the senate |
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| associate to chief justice - appointed by G.H.W. Bush (senior) in 1991 |
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| associate to chief justice - appointed by G.H.W. Bush (senior) in 1990 - Replaced by Sotomayor |
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| John Roberts (The Roberts Court) - appointed by G.W. Bush (junior) |
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| example of Judicial Activism |
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| example of Judicial Restraint |
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| speaker of the house 111th congress |
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| The Cabinet: Secretary of Education |
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| Dartmouth College v. Woodword |
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| New Hampshire attempted to make Dartmouth into a public, state university but failed because of contract with the king |
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| National Security Adviser |
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