Sentence examples for has a retrogressive effect from inspiring English sources

In 2003, the Supreme Court held in Georgia v. Ashcroft that courts should not determine that a new redistricting plan has a retrogressive effect solely because the plan decreases the number of minority-majority districts.

Or the fact that a separate, three-judge panel had already ruled in 2012 that the law, if implemented, would have a "retrogressive effect" on blacks and Latinos -- that is, it would effectively roll back the advances they had made since the passage of the Voting Rights Act.

He further concluded that the higher rate of reproduction among blacks had a retrogressive effect on evolution.

"The state has failed to satisfy its burden of proving that those changes will not have a retrogressive effect on minority votes," the ruling said.

This has had a retrogressive effect on the girl child education interventions.

In Florida, cases are already being made for why the omnibus elections bill will have a direct retrogressive effect on the right to vote based on race and membership to a language minority group -- a clear violation of Section of 5 of the Voting Rights Act.

That has a mixed effect.

"It has a cooling effect.

— has a relaxing effect.

The banality has a calming effect.

"It has a powerful effect".