LAWS 2180 Lecture Notes - Strict Scrutiny, Commerce Clause, Majority Minority
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Bush v. vera (1996: vera: white citizen in a black district: voting rights put minorities back into voting or the states faced huge punishments due to voting rights act, states makes minority majority districts using gerrymandering. The state argued that it wasn"t their intention to devalue votes (lies) and there was nothing the. Court could do about it, they were following the voting rights act: using strict scrutiny the court said that the gerrymandering had a racial intent and therefore is not allowed. Bush v. gore (2000): the court said that the electoral decision can only applied to this case (tip off that something is wrong) Prior to 2008: meant there was a collective right that existed to bear arms. After 2008: the court said it is not a collective right, but an individual right that exists. District of columbia v. heller (2008): decided that the 2nd amendment was an individual right.
