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Schultz, David. "Partisan Gerrymanders, Equal Protection, and the First Amendment after LULAC v. Perry." Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Hyatt Regency Chicago and the Sheraton Chicago Hotel and Towers, Chicago, IL, Aug 30, 2007 <Not Available>. 2011-06-08 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p212080_index.html>

Schultz, D. A. , 2007-08-30 "Partisan Gerrymanders, Equal Protection, and the First Amendment after LULAC v. Perry." Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Hyatt Regency Chicago and the Sheraton Chicago Hotel and Towers, Chicago, IL Online <APPLICATION/PDF>. 2011-06-08 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p212080_index.html

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript Abstract: The League of United Latin American Citizens v. Perry (“LULAC”) was a disappointment to those who hoped the Supreme Court would resolve the issue of partisan gerrymandering and declare such a practice unconstitutional. Yet within the fractured LULAC opinion Justice Stevens suggested another approach to the partisan gerrymander puzzle; treat it not as an equal protection claim, but as a First Amendment freedom of speech or association issue. This Article argues that the Court’s inability thus far to find manageable standards to address partisan gerrymandering is due to it employing a faulty equal protection analysis that has failed to appreciate the First Amendment issues in redistricting. Instead, if a First Amendment approach is used, this type of redistricting is unconstitutional because it is inconsistent with the mandate that government should be impartial when it comes to how it governs, especially when it comes to defining the rules of representation and the allocation of legislative seats and political power.

Constitutional Courts as substitute players in party politics: Cases of party bans in Turkey, Spain and Belgium

Human Rights in Political Party and Government Programs: Inferences from the Case of Turkey