Retrogression

• Contact DOJ if the redistricting plan passed by your legislature or local jurisdiction is retrogressive and the jurisdiction is covered by Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act. "Retrogression" is a term the Supreme Court first used in 1976 to define how discriminatory effect is evaluated under Section 5.

The Department of Justice: Enforcing the Voting Rights Act 2000

Retrogression describes the result of reducing the number or percentage of minority voters in a district, particularly a majority minority district, exactly what happened in Arizona.

Archive 2006-03-01 Matt Johnston 2006

Retrogression occurs if the new plan, evaluated together with election history and voting patterns in the jurisdiction, voter registration, turnout, and other information, reduces minority voting strength.

The Department of Justice: Enforcing the Voting Rights Act 2000

Prof. Cope says: -- "Retrogression in nature is as well established as evolution."

The Evolution of Man Scientifically Disproved In 50 Arguments

-- Retrogression in business began very early in 1913 and increased until mid-October, 1914.

A Brief History of Panics and Their Periodical Occurrence in the United States Cl��ment Juglar

Pompous inscriptions proclaim these presents from Nicholas; but the people, knowing the man and his measures, have fastened forever upon one of these curbed steeds the name of "Progress Checked," and on the other, "Retrogression Encouraged."

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 61, November, 1862 Various

"Retrogression is always painful," she said; "but tell me something about him then."

Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill Winston Churchill 1909

"Retrogression is always painful," she said; "but tell me something about him then."

The Celebrity, Volume 02 Winston Churchill 1909

"Retrogression is always painful," she said; "but tell me something about him then."

The Celebrity, Complete Winston Churchill 1909

As symbols of his ideals, he had given to the King of Prussia and to the Neapolitan Bourbon copies of two of the statues which adorned his Nevsky bridge -- statues representing restive horses restrained by strong men; and the Berlin populace, with an unerring instinct, had given to one of these the name ` ` Progress checked, '' and to the other the name ` ` Retrogression encouraged. ''

Autobiography of Andrew Dickson White, Volume I 1905