Voting Rights

Catalog description

Covers voting rights protections provided by the Federal Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended, the Constitution of the United States, and decisions of the Federal Courts interpreting both. The students will study the legal structure of the American Political process, including protections against racial discrimination in registration, voting and casting an effective vote, the one-person one-vote rule and how these effect local and state redistricting, and Congressional reapportionment.