King-Meadows, Tyson,  1972- <br/><br/>
When the letter betrays the spirit  voting rights enforcement and African American participation from Lyndon Johnson to Barack Obama /  [electronic resource] : 
Tyson D. King-Meadows. 
 - Lanham, Md. :  Lexington Books,  2011. 
 - xxviii, 345 p. :  ill., maps. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction : 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. 
<br/><br/><br/>Electronic reproduction. <br/>Palo Alto, Calif. : <br/>ebrary, <br/>2011. <br/>Available via World Wide Web. <br/>Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>United States. Voting Rights Act of 1965. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>African Americans--Suffrage--History.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States--Politics and government--1945-1989.<br/>United States--Politics and government--1989-
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>KF4893  / .K56 2011eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>342.73/072