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In Congress We Trust?

by Franita Tolson
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Book cover type: Paperback
  • ISBN13: 9781009781619
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Subject: N/A
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
  • Publisher Imprint: Cambridge University Press
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  • Pages: 492
  • Original Price: GBP 32.0
  • Language: English
  • Edition: N/A
  • Item Weight: 654 grams
  • BISAC Subject(s): General

This book reveals how Congress quietly shaped American elections across more than a century of constitutional development. Far from a passive observer, Congress used its authority to influence key controversies - from the expansion of slavery in new territories to the reconstruction of the post-Civil War electorate. Congress exercised power under the Elections Clause, the Guarantee Clause, and later, the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments, to combat voter suppression, reimagine representation, and determine who could (and could not) participate in American democracy. Even as Jim Crow laws disenfranchised millions, Congress continued to review and sometimes overturn the elections of its own members, refusing to cede complete control to the states. In doing so, Congress routinely subordinated federalism to politics. In Congress We Trust? provides a new perspective on who truly governs our system of elections by showing that federal authority has been broad, lasting, and decisive.

Tolson, Franita: - Franita Tolson, Dean of University of Southern California (USC) Gould School of Law, is one of the nation's leading experts on election law and constitutional history. She has testified before Congress on voting rights, advised lawmakers and institutions on election reform, and served as a consultant on redistricting and voting rights litigation nationwide. A frequent media commentator for outlets such as CNN, MSNBC, and The New York Times, Tolson is also a co-author of the leading election law casebook, The Law of Democracy (Foundation Press, 2022).

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