The Rise and Fall of the Voting Rights ACT: Volume 2

by Ronald Keith Gaddie, Justin J. Wert, Charles S. Bullock, et al.

Book Overview

On June 25, 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down its decision in Shelby County v. Holder, invalidating a key provision of voting rights law. The decision--the culmination of an eight-year battle over the power of Congress to regulate state conduct of elections--marked the closing of a chapter in American politics. That chapter had opened a century earlier in the case of Guinn v. United States, which ushered in national efforts...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806159812
• ISBN13: 9780806159812
• Release Date: June 2018
• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Length: 258 Pages
• Weight: 0.93 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"