Memorandum from Goldstein to Guinier; Correspondence from Goldstein to Bartholet
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February 1, 1983

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Case Files, Bozeman & Wilder Working Files. Memorandum from Goldstein to Guinier; Correspondence from Goldstein to Bartholet, 1983. 72b8e2e0-ee92-ee11-be37-6045bdeb8873. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/cc5a4bca-e5a8-4d12-beef-90f4160a2999/memorandum-from-goldstein-to-guinier-correspondence-from-goldstein-to-bartholet. Accessed October 08, 2025.
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4EUoR4IpgU TO : Lani Guinier FROl,l: Barry L. C,oldstein BW DATE: I February 1983 I have enclosed my letter to Betsy on the Voting Rights Act. BLG:oet Enc losu r e L esar @rense Hr Is t: ffi [:lf , :.['^Hi,:)f -: ?:ffi'13 ] ai 5i#?:J]f, 806 Fifteenth Street, N.W., Suite 940 Washington, D.C. 2005o (2OZ) 638-3278 1 February 1983 Professor Elizabeth Bartholet Assistant Professor of Law Harvard Law School Cambr idge , Ivlassachusetts 0 21 38 Dear Betsy: In addition to the question of whether the addition of a city to the jurisdiction of section 5 must be pre-cleared, I would like the student to prepare a memorandum concerning whether , if covered by section 5, the change should be cleared. See Beer v. United States, 425 U.S. 130, 141 (1975) ("In other wordF-Ehe purpose-oT-J5-nas always been to insure that no voting-procedure changes would be made that would lead to a retrogression in the position of racial minorities with respect to their effective exercise of the electoral franchise.") Thanks. Very truly yours, Tu*n ,f' LfiJofr-" Barry L( C,oldstein BLG:oet Conlributions are deiuctible lor A.S. income lar purposes The NMCP TEGAL DEFENSE & EDUCATI0NAL FUIID is not part of the National Association lor the Advancement of Colored People allhough it was founded by it and shares ib commitment to equal rights. LDF has had lor over 20 years a separate Board, program, staff, otfice and budgel