Legal Research on Congressional Record S6784-S6794

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- Gingles
Case
- Thornburg v. Gingles
U.S. state
- North Carolina
Collection
- Case Files
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- 2c3768cc-e092-ee11-be37-6045bdeb8873

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Case Files, Thornburg v. Gingles Working Files - Guinier. Legal Research on Congressional Record S6784-S6794, 1982. 2c3768cc-e092-ee11-be37-6045bdeb8873. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/1d79a972-2140-4c21-ac19-70d5fde54a70/legal-research-on-congressional-record-s6784-s6794. Accessed November 23, 2025.

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Cong. Rec. (daily ed.)

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s6 96 7-69

Amend 1875 to strike Section 3 from the(rejected, 15-8I )
Amend 1897 - to

equlre proportional
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limit jurisdiction of courts
representation or quot.as inof a protected class

s6 96 9-70

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s6983

s6985-89

s6989-98

s6998-7000

s 70 75- 8l

s 70 83 -86

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s7092-94

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to allow cour
or quotas

ts to order pro-
( rejec ted , 94-1 )

4 or 5 of the voting Rights Act would be brought inthe u-s. district court ordinarily having venue oversuqh c.ASes (re jected, 3I-65) .
(!E@ Amend 1026 - to provide furrher clarificarionEf-ElIlngual provisions (adopted by voice vote).stevens: Amend 1027 - proviaing tlat nothing shal1prohibit the Attorney G-nerar fiom consentini to anentry of judgment if, based upon a showing oi objectiveand compelling evidence by tha plaintiff, and up";- -
investigation, the Attorney Genlral is satisfied thatthe state or political subEivision has complied withthe requirements of section 4(a) (t); and that any
?ggrieved party may as of right intervene at any stagein such action. (modified aia agreed to, 569g9lEast: Amend 1868 to extend present bailout pro_visions for 10 years, to provide that jurisdictions
which eliminated use of tests and deviies woul.d auto-matrcally bailout at close of 10-year period for whichAct is extended, and to provide ti:at, irring the inierrm,such juri.sdictions would have opportunity to bail out,i'f during 5 years preceding baiiout, they had not vio-lated law wirh respect to denying or auriaging righr_- tovote because of race, color, or beinq member oflanguage minoriry 1.e3e.teJ i i;-;;i.'' 'r!urlrvs! vr 

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stevens: Ameno 1028 - to apply resuLts test of section(? /2 Lo ba:.iout burden of prooi (re jecteo, 3g-59) . 

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stevens: Amend r0z9 - to change bairout provision inbill to permi.'. a state to bailout even r f some of i t_scounties have not quai if ieo ire jec._ec, 32_5g,) .

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Hayakawa: Ameno rgjg - to repeai cercain provisionsrelating to bilingrral el ect i nn regui.remehts (re jected, JZ_51icochran: Amend 1898 - natronwioe precLearance w:.thsubmission of any changes under prLclearance provlsicnsto the appropriate district courr ot the united siates(rejected, 76-74).
Nunn: Amend 1030 - to provioe timely decision byAttorney General under preclearance i."3ecteo, :-g_::).Denton: Amend 1876 - new bai.r out stanEarc (re jectec,
19-73).
stevens: Amend 1031 - to crarify phrases ,'anywhere
in territory" and "aIr governmental. units wi.thin itsterritory" under bailout provision (rejected, 2g_6A) .(P. s7106 )

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