04122nam 22007813u 450 991078550370332120230801224429.01-283-60871-597866139211610-253-00710-0(CKB)2670000000242519(EBL)816873(OCoLC)813418433(SSID)ssj0000738451(PQKBManifestationID)11378512(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000738451(PQKBWorkID)10792459(PQKB)10973752(MiAaPQ)EBC816873(EXLCZ)99267000000024251920130527d2012|||| u|| |engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe Most Fundamental Right[electronic resource] Contrasting Perspectives on the Voting Rights ActBloomington, IN Indiana University Press20121 online resource (419 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-253-00192-7 Cover; CONTENTS; PREFACE; PART 1 THE POLITICAL AND LEGAL CONTEXT OF THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT; 1 Meaningful Votes; 2 The Constitutional Foundations of the "Preclearance" Process: How Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act Was Enforced, 1965-2005; 3 Influence District and the Courts: A Concept in Need of Clarity; PART 2 THE DEBATE; 4 The Bull Connor Is Dead Myth: Or Why We Need Strong, Effectively Enforced Voting Rights Laws; 5 Bull Connor Is Long Dead: Let's Move On; 6 The Voting Rights Act in South Dakota: One Litigator's Perspective on Reauthorization7 Realistic Expectations: South Dakota's Experience with the Voting Rights Act8 The Continuing Need for the Language-Assistance Provisions of the Voting Rights Act; 9 Policy and Constitutional Objections to Section 203 of the Voting Rights Act; PART 3 COMMENTARY; 10 After NAMUDNO: The Shape of Future Litigation; 11 Looking Backward to and Forward from the 2006 Voting Rights Act Reauthorization; CONTRIBUTORS; INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; ZPassed in 1965 during the height of the Civil Rights movement, the Voting Rights Act (VRA) changed the face of the American electorate, dramatically increasing minority voting, especially in the South. While portions of the Act are permanent, certain provisions were set to expire in 2007. Reauthorization of these provisions passed by a wide margin in the House, and unanimously in the Senate, but the lopsided tally hid a deep and growing conflict. The Most Fundamental Right is an effort to understand the debate over the Act and its role in contemporary American democracy. Is the VRA the cornMinorities - Suffrage - United StatesMinorities -- Suffrage -- United States -- CongressesSuffrage - United StatesSuffrage -- United States -- CongressesUnited StatesUnited States. Voting Rights Act of 1965 -- CongressesSuffrageUnited StatesCongressesMinoritiesUnited StatesCongressesLaw - U.SHILCCLaw, Politics & GovernmentHILCCConstitutional Law - U.SHILCCMinorities - Suffrage - United States.Minorities -- Suffrage -- United States -- Congresses.Suffrage - United States.Suffrage -- United States -- Congresses.United States.United States. Voting Rights Act of 1965 -- Congresses.SuffrageMinoritiesLaw - U.S.Law, Politics & GovernmentConstitutional Law - U.S.324.620973342.73072McCool Daniel684326McCool DanielMcCool DanielAU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELBOOK9910785503703321The Most Fundamental Right3816402UNINA