{"product_id":"supreme-court-and-elections","title":"Supreme Court and Elections","description":"\u003cp\u003eVoting is simple in the United States, right?  The process of voting (organizing, running and tabulating the results of a popular election) is, in fact, a highly contested act whose forms, meanings, and practical boundaries are open to widely differing interpretations.  From questions of who can vote to the tricky problem of accurately counting the votes, popular democracy is still a work in progress in the United States.  Add in the complexities of politics and the picture becomes even more complicated.    \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eTaking a chronological approach to the topic, \u003cem\u003eThe Supreme Court and Elections \u003c\/em\u003eexplores the ways that the Court has struggled with these questions.  From the earliest days of the Union when the Supreme Court refused to address the topic, to the early struggles with the Fourteenth Amendment’s impact on the question of who can vote, to the rise and fall of race-based disenfranchisement, to our recent issues of proper districting, campaign finance reform and the struggle to find a workable voting technology, the essay and documents in this reference illuminate the multifaceted nature of voting and election laws. At the same time, this title provides in-depth analysis of the impact of the Court in shaping this ongoing history.   \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eTopics addressed in\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Supreme Court and Elections \u003c\/em\u003einclude the following\u003cstrong\u003e:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Nature of Election Law\/Voting\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRights and the Impact of the Court\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eImpact of the Civil Rights Amendments \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVoting in the late 19\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e And early 20\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e centuries\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDisenfranchisement and the Court\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRedistricting cases\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMajority-Minority districts\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCampaign finance reform\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eBush v. Gore\u003c\/em\u003e and beyond\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThis title also interweaves select sections of primary source documents in an easy-to-follow format:  \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe U.S. Constitution\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Voting Rights Act (1965) and the later Amendment (1982)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eExcerpts from Federal Voting Statutes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSupreme Court cases\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePresident Lyndon Baines Johnson excerpts\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eContemporaneous news articles\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCourt Briefs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e  \u003cp\u003eFocusing on the practical problems of U.S. voting and its complex development within the framework of the political branches of the government, students and researchers will benefit from the clear picture painted by the author of the current elective structure. Essay and document based, \u003cem\u003eThe Supreme Court and Elections \u003c\/em\u003eis the definitive reference on the application of U.S. law on Americans right to vote and the resulting participatory democracy.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"SAGE Publications Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54248180679000,"sku":"9780872895263","price":127.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780872895263.jpg?v=1777815926","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/supreme-court-and-elections","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}