Ballot Blocked: The Political Erosion of the Voting Rights Act (Stanford Studies in Law and Politics)
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| Rating | : | 4.64 (571 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1503603512 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 280 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-01-12 |
| Language | : | English |
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And yet, the administration of the VRA has become more fragmented and judicial interpretation of its terms has become much less generous. Recent elections and the Supreme Court's decision in Shelby County v. Over the past five decades, bothDemocrats and Republicans in Congress have consistently voted to expand the protections offered to vulnerable voters by the Voting Rights Act. Rhodes argues that conservatives adopt a paradoxical strategy in which they acquiesce to expansive voting rights protections in Congress (where decisions are visible and easily traceable) while simultaneously narrowing the scope of federal enforcement via administrative and judicial maneuvers (which are less visible and harder to trace). Over time, the repeated execution of this strategy has enabled a conservative Supreme Court to exercise preponderant influence over the scope of federal enforcement.. Jesse H. Holder, which struck down key enforcement provisions in the Voting Rights Act (VRA), have only placed further emphasis on
"In this bold, richly detailed investigation of America's foundational citizenship right, Jesse Rhodes provides timely and crucial new insights into the Voting Rights Act's evolution and undoing. This book lives up to the importance of its topic." (Jennifer Hochschild Harvard University)"In parsing the partisan and institutional dimensions behind the retrenchment of the Voting Rights Act, Ballot Blocked makes valuable contributions. Scholars of racial politics, voting rights, political parties, interbranch relations, and American political development
Jesse H. He is the author of An Education in Politics: The Origins and Evolution of No Child Left Behind (2012). Rhodes is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.