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The Voting Rights Act Ten Years After
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Author : United States Commission on Civil Rights
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1975
The Voting Rights Act Ten Years After 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 1975 with African Americans categories.
The Voting Rights Act
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Author : United States Commission on Civil Rights
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1975
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 1975 with African Americans categories.
The Voting Rights Act
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Author : United States. Civil Rights Commission
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1975
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The Voting Rights Act
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Author : Etats-Unis. Commission on civil rights
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1975
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The Voting Rights Act
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Author : United States. Civil Rights Commission
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1975
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The Voting Rights Act Ten Years After
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Author : United States Commission on Civil Rights
language : en
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Release Date : 1975
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The Voting Rights Act Of 1965
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Author : Garrine P. Laney
language : en
Publisher: Nova Publishers
Release Date : 2003
The Voting Rights Act Of 1965 written by Garrine P. Laney and has been published by Nova Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Election law categories.
By passing the Voting Rights Act of 1965, Congress challenged the widespread evidence of disfranchisement of black citizens in certain southern states. This Act protects citizens' right to vote by forbidding covered states from using any tests that would determine eligibility to vote, by requiring these states to obtain federal approval before enacting any election laws and by assigning federal officials to monitor the registration process in certain localities. In 1970, Congress extended the Voting Rights Act for an additional 5 years and its coverage to other jurisdictions when evidence presented at congressional hearings revealed continued racial discrimination in voting. Throughout the next three decades, further legislation was added to the Act, to more wholly protect the individual citizen of this country. This book delves into the history of the Voting Rights Act as well as the current challenges and issues that face Congress. Contents: Introduction; The Voting Rights Act of 1965; The Voting Rights Amendments of 1970; The Voting Rights Amendments of 1975; The Voting Rights Amendments of 1982; The Voting Rights Amendments of 1992; Current Major Provisions of the Act; Presiden
The Most Fundamental Right
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Author : Daniel McCool
language : en
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Release Date : 2012-10-17
The Most Fundamental Right written by Daniel McCool and has been published by Indiana University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-10-17 with Law categories.
Passed in 1965 during the height of the Civil Rights movement, the Voting Rights Act (VRA) changed the face of the American electorate, dramatically increasing minority voting, especially in the South. While portions of the Act are permanent, certain provisions were set to expire in 2007. Reauthorization of these provisions passed by a wide margin in the House, and unanimously in the Senate, but the lopsided tally hid a deep and growing conflict. The Most Fundamental Right is an effort to understand the debate over the Act and its role in contemporary American democracy. Is the VRA the cornerstone of civil rights law that prevents unfair voting practices, or is it an anachronism that no longer serves American democracy? Divided into three sections, the book utilizes a point/counterpoint approach. Section 1 explains the legal and political context of the Act, providing important background for what follows; Section 2 pairs three debates concerning specific provisions or applications of the Act; while Section 3 offers commentaries on the previous chapters from attorneys with widely divergent viewpoints.
The Voting Rights Act Of 1965
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Author : Kevin J. Coleman
language : en
Publisher: CreateSpace
Release Date : 2015-01-02
The Voting Rights Act Of 1965 written by Kevin J. Coleman and has been published by CreateSpace this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-01-02 with Election law categories.
The Voting Rights Act (VRA) was successfully challenged in a June 2013 case decided by the U.S. Supreme Court in Shelby County, Alabama v. Holder. The suit challenged the constitutionality of Sections 4 and 5 of the VRA, under which certain jurisdictions with a history of racial discrimination in voting-mostly in the South-were required to "pre-clear" changes to the election process with the Justice Department (the U.S. Attorney General) or the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. The preclearance provision (Section 5) was based on a formula (Section 4) that considered voting practices and patterns in 1964, 1968, or 1972. At issue in Shelby County was whether Congress exceeded its constitutional authority when it reauthorized the VRA in 2006-with the existing formula-thereby infringing on the rights of the states. In its ruling, the Court struck down Section 4 as outdated and not "grounded in current conditions." As a consequence, Section 5 is intact, but inoperable, unless or until Congress prescribes a new Section 4 formula.
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.