The most fundamental right : contrasting perspectives on the Voting Rights Act / edited by Daniel McCool.

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: McCool, Daniel, 1950- (Editor)
Language:English
Published: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2012]
Subjects:
United States. > Voting Rights Act of 1965 > Congresses.
Suffrage > United States > Congresses.
Minorities > Suffrage > United States > Congresses.
Genre:
Congresses.
Physical Description:xii, 404 pages ; 23 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Meaningful votes / Daniel McCool
  • The constitutional foundations of the "preclearance" process : how section 5 of the Voting Rights Act was enforced, 1965-2005 / Peyton McCrary
  • Influence district and the courts : a concept in need of clarity / Richard L. Engstrom
  • The Bull Connor is dead myth : or why we need strong, effectively enforced voting rights laws / Laughlin McDonald
  • Bull Connor is long dead : let's move on / Abigail Thernstrom
  • The Voting Rights Act in South Dakota : one litigator's perspective on reauthorization / Bryan L. Sells
  • Realistic expectations : South Dakota's experience with the Voting Rights Act / Chris Nelson
  • The continuing need for the language-assistance provisions of the Voting Rights Act / James Thomas Tucker
  • Policy and constitutional objections to section 203 of the Voting Rights Act / Roger Clegg
  • After NAMUDNO : the shape of future litigation / Edward Blum
  • Looking backward to and forward from the 2006 Voting Rights Act reauthorization / Debo P. Adegbile.