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Voting rights act : historical context and associated issues and trends /

SECTION 2 OF THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT; SECTION 4(B) OF THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT-INVALIDATED BY U.S. SUPREME COURT IN SHELBY COUNTY V. HOLDER; SECTION 5 OF THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT; SHELBY COUNTY V. HOLDER: COVERAGE FORMULA HELD UNCONSTITUTIONAL; CONGRESSIONAL REDISTRICTING LEGISLATION; VOTING RIGHTS ACT LEGI...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Parish, Harvey (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Nova Publishers, [2014]
Colección:Congressional policies, practices and procedures series.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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500 |a Title from PDF title page (viewed on September 26, 2014). 
500 |a Includes index. 
505 0 |a THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT: HISTORICAL CONTEXT AND ASSOCIATED ISSUES AND TRENDS; THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT: HISTORICAL CONTEXT AND ASSOCIATED ISSUES AND TRENDS; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; CONTENTS; PREFACE; Chapter 1: THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT OF 1965: BACKGROUND AND OVERVIEW; SUMMARY; INTRODUCTION; HISTORICAL OVERVIEW; MAJOR PROVISIONS OF THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT OF 1965,INCLUDING PROVISION RULED UNCONSTITUTIONAL BY THE U.S. SUPREME COURT IN JUNE 2013; LEGISLATION OVERVIEW; CONCLUDING OBSERVATIONS; Chapter 2: CONGRESSIONAL REDISTRICTING AND THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT: A LEGAL OVERVIEW. 
505 8 |a ALPHABETICAL LISTING OF AFRICAN AMERICAN MEMBERS, SELECTED BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION, AND COMMITTEEASSIGNMENTS DURING THEIR TENURE IN OFFICEChapter 4: OPENING STATEMENT OF SENATOR PATRICK LEAHY, CHAIRMAN, SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE. HEARING ON ''THE VOTING RIGHTS AMENDMENTACT, S.1945: UPDATING THE VOTING RIGHTS ACTIN RESPONSE TO SHELBY COUNTY V. HOLDER''; Chapter 5: STATEMENT OF FRANCYS JOHNSON, PRESIDENT, GEORGIA STATE CONFERENCE OF NAACPBRANCHES. HEARING ON ''THE VOTING RIGHTSAMENDMENT ACT, S.1945: UPDATING THE VOTINGRIGHTS ACT IN RESPONSE TO SHELBYCOUNTY V. HOLDER''; INTRODUCTION. 
505 8 |a THE HISTORY OF THE ABRIDGEMENT OF VOTINGRIGHTS IN GEORGIATHE IMPORTANCE OF THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT OF 1965TO PROGRESS IN GEORGIA; GEORGIA IN A POST-SHELBY WORLD; CONCLUSION; Chapter 6: TESTIMONY OF MICHAEL A. CARVIN, PARTNER, JONES DAY. HEARING ON ''THE VOTING RIGHTSAMENDMENT ACT, S.1945: UPDATING THE VOTINGRIGHTS ACT IN RESPONSE TO SHELBYCOUNTY V. HOLDER''; I. INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY; II. S. 1945'S COVERAGE FORMULA IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL BECAUSEIT IS NOT APPROPRIATE ENFORCEMENT LEGISLATION UNDER THEFOURTEENTH OR FIFTEENTH AMENDMENTS. 
505 8 |a III. THE JUDICIAL "BAIL-IN" PROCEDURE AMENDMENT OF S. 1945IS NOT PERMISSIBLE ENFORCEMENT LEGISLATION UNDER THEFOURTEENTH OR FIFTEENTH AMENDMENTSIV. S. 1945 IS NOT PERMISSIBLE ENFORCEMENT LEGISLATIONBECAUSE IT PERPETUATES THE 2006 CONGRESS' SUBSTANTIVECHANGES TO SECTION 5; Chapter 7: TESTIMONY OF SHERRILYN IFILL, PRESIDENT ANDDIRECTOR COUNSEL, NAACP LEGAL DEFENSEAND EDUCATIONAL FUND, INC. HEARING ON''THE VOTING RIGHTS AMENDMENT ACT, S.1945:UPDATING THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT INRESPONSE TO SHELBY COUNTY V. HOLDER''; I. INTRODUCTION; II. THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT BEFORE SHELBY COUNTY V. HOLDER. 
520 |a SECTION 2 OF THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT; SECTION 4(B) OF THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT-INVALIDATED BY U.S. SUPREME COURT IN SHELBY COUNTY V. HOLDER; SECTION 5 OF THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT; SHELBY COUNTY V. HOLDER: COVERAGE FORMULA HELD UNCONSTITUTIONAL; CONGRESSIONAL REDISTRICTING LEGISLATION; VOTING RIGHTS ACT LEGISLATION; Chapter 3: AFRICAN AMERICAN MEMBERS OF THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS: 1870-2012; SUMMARY; INTRODUCTION; AFRICAN AMERICAN MEMBERS IN LEADERSHIP POSITIONS; CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS; TABLES AND DATA. 
520 |a 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 
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