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000425850 1001_ $$aKing-Meadows, Tyson,$$d1972-
000425850 24510 $$aWhen the letter betrays the spirit$$h[electronic resource] :$$bvoting rights enforcement and African American participation from Lyndon Johnson to Barack Obama /$$cTyson D. King-Meadows.
000425850 260__ $$aLanham, Md. :$$bLexington Books,$$c2011.
000425850 300__ $$a1 online resource (xxviii, 345 p.) :$$bill.
000425850 500__ $$aDescription based on print version record.
000425850 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
000425850 5050_ $$aIntroduction : Congressional authority and voting rights enforcement -- pt. 1. A retrospective and prospective look at the Voting Rights Act: Why discretion matters in voting rights enforcement ; Obama's inheritance: the Johnson framework, the VRA, and faith in federal power -- pt. 2. The challenge to congressional authority: Misdirection : political theatre and the 2006 reauthorization of section 5 ; Partisan spoils of office : a post-Shaw judicial philosophy of civic literacy ; Is "Bull Connor" dead? : contemporary public opinion on voting rights policy ; A battle of principals : Congress, the DOJ, and the George W. Bush Administration -- pt. 3. A systems theory approach to enforcement: The macro-political context shaping enfranchisement, 2000-2008 ; Conclusion : regulating discretion and the challenge of post-racial politics.
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000425850 520__ $$aWhen the Letter Betrays the Spirit examines the wide latitude provided to the executive branch and to the Supreme Court by the text of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Drawing from government enforcement data, legislative history, Supreme Court rulings, the 2006 reauthorization debate on the VRA, and from the 2007 scandal involving the firing of U.S. attorneys under the Bush Administration, the book examines when, why, and how executive and judicial discretion facilitates violation of voting rights. Connecting Johnson to Obama, the book outlines why the executive-centered model of voting rights.
000425850 61010 $$aUnited States.$$tVoting Rights Act of 1965.
000425850 650_0 $$aAfrican Americans$$xSuffrage$$xHistory.
000425850 651_0 $$aUnited States$$xPolitics and government$$y1945-1989.
000425850 651_0 $$aUnited States$$xPolitics and government$$y1989-
000425850 77608 $$iPrint version:$$aKing-Meadows, Tyson, 1972-$$tWhen the letter betrays the spirit.$$dLanham, Md. : Lexington Books, 2011$$z9780739149126$$z9780739149133$$w(DLC) 2011020449$$w(OCoLC)724673504
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