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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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Nova Publishers,
[2014]
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| Colección: | Congressional policies, practices and procedures series.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.