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It was discussed as a forthcoming book, and covers the history of Congress' role in voting and elections since the founding era, particularly during Reconstruction. It aims to shift the focus from the courts to what Congress can do to protect voting rights.
It's called In Congress We Trust, Enforcing Voting Rights from the Founding to the Jim Crow Era.
— Episode: Battle for the Ballot (with Franita Tols...
Episode: Battle for the Ballot (with Franita Tolson)
It was discussed as a forthcoming book, and covers the history of Congress' role in voting and elections since the founding era, particularly during Reconstruction. It aims to shift the focus from the courts to what Congress can do to protect voting rights.
It's called In Congress We Trust, Enforcing Voting Rights from the Founding to the Jim Crow Era.
And it does almost a historical survey of how Congress has weighed in on voting and elections since the founding era and how at least by the time we get to reconstruction, Congress has taken an outsized role in the regulation of federal elections.
And I think that this really lays a foundation for understanding Congress's power over elections today.
So I'm hoping to shift the narrative away from the courts, right? Because we focus on the court. We're afraid of what the Supreme Court will do, but we don't talk enough about what Congress can do to protect the right to vote.