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Author : Joanne E. Reger
Release : 1992
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Book Synopsis Equality Through the Ballot Box by : Joanne E. Reger
Download or read book Equality Through the Ballot Box written by Joanne E. Reger. This book was released on 1992. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Coral Celeste Frazer
Release : 2019-08-06
Genre : Young Adult Nonfiction
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Book Synopsis Vote! by : Coral Celeste Frazer
Download or read book Vote! written by Coral Celeste Frazer. This book was released on 2019-08-06. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: August 18, 2020, marks the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment to the US Constitution, which prohibited states and the US government from denying citizens the right to vote on the basis of sex. See how the 70-year-long fight for women's suffrage was hard won by leaders such as Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, Alice Paul, Carrie Chapman Catt and others. Learn how their success led into the civil rights and feminist movements of the mid- and late twentieth century, as well as today's #MeToo, #YesAllWomen, and Black Lives Matter movements. In the face of voter ID laws, voter purges, gerrymandering, and other restrictions, Americans continue to fight for equality in voting rights.
Author : Lori Ann Lahlum
Release : 2019-11-07
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 263/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Equality at the Ballot Box by : Lori Ann Lahlum
Download or read book Equality at the Ballot Box written by Lori Ann Lahlum. This book was released on 2019-11-07. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Author : Terry Smith
Release : 2020-01-21
Genre : Law
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Book Synopsis Whitelash by : Terry Smith
Download or read book Whitelash written by Terry Smith. This book was released on 2020-01-21. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If postmortems of the 2016 US presidential election tell us anything, it's that many voters discriminate on the basis of race, which raises an important question: in a society that outlaws racial discrimination in employment, housing, and jury selections, should voters be permitted to racially discriminate in selecting a candidate for public office? In Whitelash, Terry Smith argues that such racialized decision-making is unlawful and that remedies exist to deter this reactionary behavior. Using evidence of race-based voting in the 2016 presidential election, Smith deploys legal analogies to demonstrate how courts can decipher when groups of voters have been impermissibly influenced by race, and impose appropriate remedies. This groundbreaking work should be read by anyone interested in how the legal system can re-direct American democracy away from the ongoing electoral scourge that many feared 2016 portended.
Author : Joseph Mello
Release : 2016-08-12
Genre : Political Science
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Book Synopsis The Courts, the Ballot Box, and Gay Rights by : Joseph Mello
Download or read book The Courts, the Ballot Box, and Gay Rights written by Joseph Mello. This book was released on 2016-08-12. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If the same-sex marriage debate tells us one thing, it’s that rights do not exist in a vacuum. What works for one side at the ballot box often fails in the courtroom. Conservative opponents of same-sex marriage used appeals to religious liberty and parental rights to win ballot measure campaigns, but could not duplicate this success in court. Looking at the same-sex marriage debate at the ballot box and in the courts, this timely book offers unique insights into one of the most fluid social and legal issues of our day—and into the role of institutional context in how rights are used. Why, Joseph Mello asks, did conservative opponents of same-sex marriage enjoy such an advantage when debating this issue in the popular arena of a ballot measure campaign? And why were they less successful at mobilizing the language of rights in the courts? His analysis shows us that rights don't just entitle us to resources; they also shape the way we see ourselves and are perceived by others. Thus, by using the language of rights to frame their cause, conservative opponents of same-sex marriage were able to construe themselves as victims of oppression, their religious and moral beliefs under threat. The same language, however, proved less useful, or even counterproductive, in courtrooms, Mello concludes, because the court's norms and constraints force arguments to undergo more searching scrutiny—and rights-based arguments against same-sex marriage contain discriminatory stereotypes that cannot be supported with evidence. In its analysis of the same-sex marriage issue, The Courts, the Ballot Box, and Gay Rights provides insights that illuminate some of the most salient rights-based issues of our time—including affirmative action, abortion, immigration, and drug policy. The book offers a new way of understanding how such issues are decided, and how important context can be in determining the outcome.
