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Item Deconstructing the Republic: Voting Rights, the Supreme Court, and the Founders’ Republicanism Reconsidered(The AEI Press) La Noue, George R.In this book, Anthony Peacock, who teaches political science at Utah State University, explores political and legal interpretations of the Voting Rights Acts (VRA) which encourage a kind of multiculturalism or identity politics that he considers destructive to the Founders’ constitutional vision. Thus, the book functions at two levels. First, it is a very useful overview of the implementation of the VRA which was extended by Congress in 2006 for another 25 years. Second, it is a provocative argument about the kind of voting arrangements Peacock believes are consistent with Madisonian Republicanism and the role of the VRA in undermining them. He concludes: “The Founders hoped that the various institutional processes of the national government would involve reasoning on the merits of legislative proposals with a view to protecting individual rights and promoting the general welfare. . . The current VRA – the VRA of second-generation voting rights – requires legislators, judges, and administrators to think in racial terms, to count in racial terms, and to allocate political power in racial terms”Item Dispute in the South China Sea explained(SBS, 2016-05-21) Short, John RennieA United Nations arbitration court will soon rule over the sovereignty of islands in the South China Sea, a territorial dispute between China and the Philippines with global implications.Item SETTING GOALS IN THE FEDERAL DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS ENTERPRISE PROGRAMS(George Mason University Civil Rights Law Journal) La Noue, George R.The Disadvantaged Business Enterprise ("DBE") program, administered by the United States Department of Transportation ("USDOT"), has had a long history of controversy. The program has been the subject of six conflicting circuit court decisions,' and Congress came close to terminating it in 1997.2 The judicial and legislative disputes stem from the racial, ethnic, and gender contract goals embedded in the program and the amount of money at stake.Item Social science and minority "set-asides"(American Enterprise Institute (AEI)) La Noue, George R.For the past half century, government agencies and the courts have relied on social scientists to define and measure discrimination. The most famous result was the Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education, which cited the work of Kenneth Clark, Gunnar Myrdal, and other social scientists to prove that segregation harmed black children. In countless decisions and reports since, social-science research has been used to attack racial classifications and stereotypes.Item #SouthChinaSea: 'China wants to offset negative outcomes for its reputation'(SoundCloud) Short, John RennieChina is ready to start negotiations with the Philippines on the long-running territorial dispute in the South China Sea if Manila ignores an arbitration ruling expected next week. That’s what China Daily reported on Monday. The Philippines brought the case to the Permanent Court of Arbitration in Hague in January 2013. The ruling is expected on July 12. However, China already said it would ignore the ruling as the country supports direct talks between the two sides involved in the issue instead of international arbitration. Beijing refused to participate in the the arbitration case, claiming the court has no jurisdiction. According to China Daily, about 60 countries have openly expressed their support of China’s stance. The Philippines is not the only one who has claims with China in the area - Brunei, Malaysia, Taiwan, and Vietnam also see certain areas in the region as their own.Item Troubled waters: Conflict in South China Sea explained(United Press International (UPI)) Short, John RennieA United Nations arbitration court will soon rule over the sovereignty of islands in the South China Sea, a territorial dispute between China and the Philippines with global implications.Item Troubled Waters: Conflict In The South China Sea Explained(Honolulu Civil Beat, 2016-05-27) Short, John RennieA United Nations arbitration court will soon rule over the sovereignty of islands in the South China Sea, a territorial dispute between China and the Philippines with global implications.Item What's Happening in the South China Sea?(U.S. News & World Report, 2016-07-13) Short, John RennieThe Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague yesterday undercut China's claim to maritime territory in the South China Sea by ruling that China's claims have no legal basis.