The Voting Rights Act

Historical Context and Associated Issues and Trends

Buch | Hardcover

167 Seiten

2014
Nova Science Publishers Inc (Verlag)
978-1-63321-975-5 (ISBN)

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The Voting Rights Act (VRA) is a landmark federal law enacted in 1965 to remove race-based restrictions on voting. It is perhaps the country's most important voting rights law, with a history that dates to the Civil War. After that conflict ended, a number of constitutional amendments were adopted that addressed the particular circumstances of freed slaves, including the Fifteenth Amendment that guaranteed the right to vote for all U.S. citizens regardless of "race, color, or previous condition of servitude." This book provides background information on the historical circumstances that led to the adoption of the VRA, a summary of its major provisions, and a brief discussion of the U.S. Supreme Court decision and related legislation in the 113th Congress.

PrefaceThe Voting Rights Act of 1965: Background and Overview(Kevin J. Coleman)Congressional Redistricting and the Voting Rights Act: A Legal Overview(L. Paige Whitaker)African American Members of the United States Congress: 1870-2012(Jennifer E. Manning, Colleen J. Shogan)Opening Statement of Senator Patrick Leahy, Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee. Hearing on ''The Voting Rights Amendment Act, S.1945: Updating the Voting Rights Act in Response to Shelby County v. Holder''For Complete Table of Contents, please visit our website athttps://www.novapublishers.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=51438

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.12.2014
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	178 x 254 mm
Gewicht	478 g
Themenwelt	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
	Recht / Steuern ► Öffentliches Recht ► Verfassungsrecht
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
ISBN-10	1-63321-975-5 / 1633219755
ISBN-13	978-1-63321-975-5 / 9781633219755
Zustand	Neuware