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When the letter betrays the spirit : voting rights enforcement and African American participation from Lyndon Johnson to Barack Obama /
When the Letter Betrays the Spirit examines the wide latitude provided to the executive branch and to the Supreme Court by the text of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Drawing from government enforcement data, legislative history, Supreme Court rulings, the 2006 reauthorization debate on the VRA, and...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Lanham, Md. :
Lexington Books,
c2011.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | When the Letter Betrays the Spirit examines the wide latitude provided to the executive branch and to the Supreme Court by the text of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Drawing from government enforcement data, legislative history, Supreme Court rulings, the 2006 reauthorization debate on the VRA, and from the 2007 scandal involving the firing of U.S. attorneys under the Bush Administration, the book examines when, why, and how executive and judicial discretion facilitates violation of voting rights. Connecting Johnson to Obama, the book outlines why the executive-centered model of voting rights. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xxviii, 345 p.) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 311-318) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780739149140 0739149148 1283224526 9781283224529 9786613224521 6613224529 |