The Voting Rights Act of 1965
Author: United States Commission on Civil Rights
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Published: 1965
Total Pages: 20
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Author: United States Commission on Civil Rights
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Published: 1965
Total Pages: 20
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Kevin J. Coleman
Publisher: CreateSpace
Published: 2015-01-02
Total Pages: 32
ISBN-13: 9781505554328
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe 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 In its ruling, the Court struck down Section 4 as outdated and not "grounded in current conditions."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.
Author: Chandler Davidson
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 1994-06-16
Total Pages: 522
ISBN-13: 9780691021089
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis 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.
Author: Richard M. Valelly
Publisher: CQ Press
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 408
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKExamines the Voting Rights Act which was signed into law by President Lyndon Johnson in 1965, and describes the events leading up to it, the evolution of voting rights in the U.S., disenfranchisement of African Americans after Reconstruction, and the impact of this legislation.
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on the Constitution
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Published: 2006
Total Pages: 1588
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Publisher: DIANE Publishing
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Total Pages: 1586
ISBN-13: 1422334236
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Michael Waldman
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2022-01-18
Total Pages: 448
ISBN-13: 1982198931
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOn cover, the word "right" has an x drawn over the letter "r" with the letter "f" above it.
Author: Edward Blum
Publisher: A E I Press
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 92
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe book highlight the real-world consequences of the changes to Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act. Edward Blum draws on public records, press accounts, and extensive personal interviews with state and local officials to reveal the transformation of the VRA from a law protecting voting rights to a gerrymandering tool used to further the electoral prospects of incumbent politicians of all races.
Author: Richard Sobel
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2016-10-26
Total Pages: 245
ISBN-13: 1107128293
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCitizenship as Foundation of Rights explains what it means to have citizen rights and how national identification requirements undermine them.
Author: Jan Eichhorn
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: 2019-11-27
Total Pages: 254
ISBN-13: 3030325415
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book explores the consequences of lowering the voting age to 16 from a global perspective, bringing together empirical research from countries where at least some 16-year-olds are able to vote. With the aim to show what really happens when younger people can take part in elections, the authors engage with the key debates on earlier enfranchisement and examine the lead-up to and impact of changes to the voting age in countries across the globe. The book provides the most comprehensive synthesis on this topic, including detailed case studies and broad comparative analyses. It summarizes what can be said about youth political participation and attitudes, and highlights where further research is needed. The findings will be of great interest to researchers working in youth political socialization and engagement, as well as to policymakers, youth workers and activists.