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1990s Supreme Court Redistricting Decisions (8269 words) |
 | The decision to allocate overseas federal employees to their home state based on their usual residence was consistent with the practice of the Census Bureau since the first census of trying to assign each person to the person's home state, even though they might be temporarily absent from it on the day of the census. |
| He found that the State was properly represented in the litigation by the attorney general and that the attorney general had broad discretion to settle it without either a trial or the passage of legislation. |
| The State argued that the bizarre shape of District 30 in Dallas County was explained by the drafters' desire to unite urban communities of interest and that the bizarre shape of all three districts was attributable to the Legislature's efforts to protect incumbents of old districts while designing the new ones. |
| Driver's License Integrity (10944 words) |
| States have moved rapidly to address a variety of issues that were highlighted by the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 related to driver's license issuance, administration and enforcement, and verifiability. |
| States are also increasingly cognizant of incidents of fraud and neglect that pervade many driver's license issuing authorities, an issue at the heart of comprehensive driver's license program reform. |
| Requires affidavit stating that no social security number was issued and the submission of IRS I 94 form in order for a person without a social security number to be issued a license; redefines "resident" for purposes of driver's license issuance. |
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