{"product_id":"voting-rights-on-trial","title":"Voting Rights on Trial","description":"\u003cp\u003eExplores and documents the causes and effects of the long history of vote denial on American politics, culture, law, and society.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe debate over who can and cannot vote has been \"on trial\" since the American Revolution. Throughout U.S. history, the franchise has been awarded and denied on the basis of wealth, status, gender, ethnicity, and race. Featuring a unique mix of analysis and documentation, \u003ci\u003eVoting Rights on Trial\u003c\/i\u003e illuminates the long, slow, and convoluted path by which vote denial and dilution were first addressed, and then defeated, in the courts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFour narrative chapters survey voting rights from colonial times to the 2000 presidential election, focus on key court cases, and examine the current voting climate. The volume includes analysis of voting rights in the new century and their implications for future electoral contests. The coverage concludes with selections of documents from cases discussed, relevant statutes and amendments, and other primary sources.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA timeline giving the history of voting rights from 1619, when Virginia planters voted for the first time, to 2000, when the Supreme Court invalidated Florida's recount process, which ultimately determined the outcome of the election\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eExcerpts of key legal documents including \u003ci\u003eReynolds v. Sims\u003c\/i\u003e (one person, one vote) and \u003ci\u003eBush v. Gore\u003c\/i\u003e (debate over nationalization of voting rights)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing Plc","offers":[{"title":"Default Product","offer_id":54217717317976,"sku":"9781576077948","price":72.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781576077948__67c1e0373c91a_e6713a4b-d294-4030-9bf9-2879d28840b5.jpg?v=1741157061","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/voting-rights-on-trial","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}