Title

The tyranny of the majority : fundamental fairness in representative democracy

Description

Jurist Lani Guanier's commentary on the state on American Democracy.

Subject

"Proportional representation--United States."

"Representative government and representation--United States."

"African Americans--Suffrage."

"Minorities--Suffrage--United States."

"Voting--United States."

Creator

Guinier, Lani

Source

Brian Lamb Booknotes Collection

Gift of Brian Lamb, 2011.

Catalog record

Publisher

Free Press

George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections & Archives

Date

1994

Program air date: June 26, 1994.

Rights

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Relation

Original Booknotes interview

Language

eng

Identifier

491106

29131723

Text

Transcription of Annotations
Notes on front endpapers: Speech. Father at Harvard-1929 racism. Drew Days-worked at Justice. 112 pages of footnotes. What was the Voting Rights Act. Cumulative voting/ Super majority-Republicans in Senate. Underlinings/notes: Underlinings: Arguments about Guinier's scholarship, her background, tyranny of the majority, proportional interest representation, representation of racial groups, themes of Solicitor General Charles Fried, Guinier's heroes/mentors: Martin Luther King, Jr., Justice Thurgood Marshall, Judge Constance Baker Motley, etc.. Notes: Names critics: Gigot, Dole, Will. "Racisim," "housing," "Failed nomination." Lamb notes the year most of the articles were written. "One vote, one value."