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Informationen zum Autor Tyson D. King-Meadows is assistant professor of political science at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Klappentext Drawing from government data, legislative history, Supreme Court decisions, survey results, and the 2006 reauthorization debate, When the Letter Betrays the Spirit examines how executive and judicial discretion facilitates violations of the Voting Rights act. Connecting Johnson to Obama, the book challenges the executive-centered model of leadership and proffers a Congress-centered approach to protecting voting rights. This approach would both satisfy the goals of the black civil rights movement and give fuller support to the Fifteenth Amendment. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Tables and FiguresAcknowledgments Introduction: Congressional Authority and Voting Rights EnforcementA Retrospective and Prospective Look at the Voting Rights ActChapter 1: Why Discretion Matters in Voting Rights EnforcementChapter 2: Obama's Inheritance: The Johnson Framework, the VRA, and Faith in Federal PowerThe Challenge to Congressional AuthorityChapter 3: Misdirection: Political Theatre and the 2006 Reauthorization of Section 5Chapter 4: Partisan Spoils of Office: A post-Shaw Judicial Philosophy of Civic LiteracyChapter 5: Is "Bull Connor" Dead? Contemporary Public Opinion on Voting Rights PolicyChapter 6: A Battle of Principals: Congress, the DOJ, and the George W. Bush AdministrationA Systems Theory Approach to EnforcementChapter 7: The Macro-Political Context Shaping Enfranchisement, 2000-2008Conclusion: Regulating Discretion and the Challenge of Post-Racial PoliticsAppendix 1Appendix 2Selected Bibliography
