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The Voting Rights Act


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Ballot Blocked


Ballot Blocked
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Author : Jesse Hessler Rhodes
language : en
Publisher: Stanford Studies in Law and Po
Release Date : 2017

Ballot Blocked written by Jesse Hessler Rhodes and has been published by Stanford Studies in Law and Po this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017 with Law categories.


Voting rights are a perennial topic in American politics. Recent elections and the Supreme Court's decision in Shelby County v. Holder, which struck down key enforcement provisions in the Voting Rights Act (VRA), have only placed further emphasis on the debate over voter disenfranchaisement. Over the past five decades, both Democrats and Republicans in Congress have consistently voted to expand the protections offered to vulnerable voters by the Voting Rights Act. And yet, the administration of the VRA has become more fragmented and judicial interpretation of its terms has become much less generous. Why have Republicans consistently adopted administrative and judicial decisions that undermine legislation they repeatedly endorse? Ballot Blocked shows how the divergent trajectories of legislation, administration, and judicial interpretation in voting rights policymaking derive largely from efforts by conservative politicians to narrow the scope of federal enforcement while at the same time preserving their public reputations as supporters of racial equality and minority voting rights. Jesse H. Rhodes argues that conservatives adopt a paradoxical strategy in which they acquiesce to expansive voting rights protections in Congress (where decisions are visible and easily traceable) while simultaneously narrowing the scope of federal enforcement via administrative and judicial maneuvers (which are less visible and harder to trace). Over time, the repeated execution of this strategy has enabled a conservative Supreme Court to exercise preponderant influence over the scope of federal enforcement.



The Voting Rights Act Of 1965


The Voting Rights Act Of 1965
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Author : Laurie Collier Hillstrom
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2009

The Voting Rights Act Of 1965 written by Laurie Collier Hillstrom and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with History categories.


Provides a detailed account of the events that led to the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Explores both the racial discrimination and violence that pervaded the South and the civil rights protests that changed American voting rights. Includes a narrative overview, biographical profiles, primary source documents, and other helpful features.



Quiet Revolution In The South


Quiet Revolution In The South
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Author : Chandler Davidson
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 1994-06-16

Quiet Revolution In The South written by Chandler Davidson and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994-06-16 with Biography & Autobiography categories.


This work is the first systematic attempt to measure the impact of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, commonly regarded as the most effective civil rights legislation of the century. Marshaling a wealth of detailed evidence, the contributors to this volume show how blacks and Mexican Americans in the South, along with the Justice Department, have used the act and the U.S. Constitution to overcome the resistance of white officials to minority mobilization. The book tells the story of the black struggle for equal political participation in eight core southern states from the end of the Civil War to the 1980s--with special emphasis on the period since 1965. The contributors use a variety of quantitative methods to show how the act dramatically increased black registration and black and Mexican-American office holding. They also explain modern voting rights law as it pertains to minority citizens, discussing important legal cases and giving numerous examples of how the law is applied. Destined to become a standard source of information on the history of the Voting Rights Act, Quiet Revolution in the South has implications for the controversies that are sure to continue over the direction in which the voting rights of American ethnic minorities have evolved since the 1960s.



Bending Toward Justice


Bending Toward Justice
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Author : Gary May
language : en
Publisher: Basic Books
Release Date : 2013-04-09

Bending Toward Justice written by Gary May and has been published by Basic Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-04-09 with History categories.


When the Fifteenth Amendment of 1870 granted African Americans the right to vote, it seemed as if a new era of political equality was at hand. Before long, however, white segregationists across the South counterattacked, driving their black countrymen from the polls through a combination of sheer terror and insidious devices such as complex literacy tests and expensive poll taxes. Most African Americans would remain voiceless for nearly a century more, citizens in name only until the passage of the 1965 Voting Rights Act secured their access to the ballot. In Bending Toward Justice, celebrated historian Gary May describes how black voters overcame centuries of bigotry to secure and preserve one of their most important rights as American citizens. The struggle that culminated in the passage of the Voting Rights Act was long and torturous, and only succeeded because of the courageous work of local freedom fighters and national civil rights leaders -- as well as, ironically, the opposition of Southern segregationists and law enforcement officials, who won public sympathy for the voting rights movement by brutally attacking peaceful demonstrators. But while the Voting Rights Act represented an unqualified victory over such forces of hate, May explains that its achievements remain in jeopardy. Many argue that the 2008 election of President Barack Obama rendered the act obsolete, yet recent years have seen renewed efforts to curb voting rights and deny minorities the act's hard-won protections. Legal challenges to key sections of the act may soon lead the Supreme Court to declare those protections unconstitutional. A vivid, fast-paced history of this landmark piece of civil rights legislation, Bending Toward Justice offers a dramatic, timely account of the struggle that finally won African Americans the ballot -- although, as May shows, the fight for voting rights is by no means over.



Free At Last To Vote


Free At Last To Vote
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Author : Brian K. Landsberg
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2007

Free At Last To Vote written by Brian K. Landsberg and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with History categories.


A compelling examination of three lesser known--but extremely important--federal voting rights cases in Alabama that ultimately influenced the language of the Voting Rights Act. Reveals how each case helped pave the way for the dramatic expansion of federal power in combating racist rules designed to keep blacks out of the polling booth.



United States Code


United States Code
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Author : United States
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2008

United States Code written by United States and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Law categories.




Voting Rights And Wrongs


Voting Rights And Wrongs
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Author : Abigail M. Thernstrom
language : en
Publisher: A E I Press
Release Date : 2009

Voting Rights And Wrongs written by Abigail M. Thernstrom and has been published by A E I Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Law categories.


n this provocative book, Abigail Thernstrom argues that southern resistance to black political power began a process by which the act was radically revised both for good and ill. Congress, the courts, and the Justice Department altered the statute to ensure the election of blacks and Hispanics to legislative bodies ranging from school boards and county councils to the U.S. Congress.



The Voting Rights Act


The Voting Rights Act
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Author : United States Commission on Civil Rights
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1981

The Voting Rights Act written by United States Commission on Civil Rights and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1981 with African Americans categories.




The Voting Rights Act Unfulfilled Goals


The Voting Rights Act Unfulfilled Goals
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Author : United States Commission on Civil Rights
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1981

The Voting Rights Act Unfulfilled Goals written by United States Commission on Civil Rights and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1981 with African Americans categories.




Extension Of The Voting Rights Act


Extension Of The Voting Rights Act
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Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1975

Extension Of The Voting Rights Act written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1975 with African Americans categories.