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Contents Preface ix Acknowledgments xi Introduction: Mighty Platonic Guardians 1 1 The Supreme Court of Political Equality 14 2 Judicial Unmanageability and Political Equality 47 3 Protecting the Core of Political Equality 73 4 Deferring to Political Branches on Contested Equality Claims 101 5 Equality, Not Structure 138 Conclusion: Political Equality and a Minimalist Court 157 Appendix 1: Twentieth-Century Election Law Cases Decided by the Supreme Court in a Written Opinion 166 Appendix 2: Justice Goldberg’s Proposed Dissent to a Per Curiam Summary Affirmance in Harper v. Virginia State Board of Elections 176 Notes 189 Index 221 About the Author 227 vii ...