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Vindication of Lani Guinier?

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As long as we've been discussing the mix of politics and legal appointments, do I recall correctly that Lani Guinier's nomination for Assistant Attorney General was scuttled in 1993 in part because of her suggestion that cumulative voting could be used to remedy persistent under-representation of certain demographic groups?  I've read today that in a Port Chester (NY) election, the court had ordered cumulative voting as a remedy and a Latino candidate won a seat for the first time.  Sorry to stray from legal ethics, but it struck me as interesting.

Full post as published by Legal Ethics Forum on June 16, 2010 (boomark / email).

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