When the Letter Betrays the Spirit

List of Tables and Figures<br>Acknowledgments<br> Introduction: Congressional Authority and Voting Rights Enforcement<br>A Retrospective and Prospective Look at the Voting Rights Act<BR />Chapter 1: Why Discretion Matters in Voting Rights Enforcement<br>Chapter 2: Obama's Inheritance: The Johnson Framework the VRA and Faith in Federal Power<br>The Challenge to Congressional Authority<br>Chapter 3: Misdirection: Political Theatre and the 2006 Reauthorization of Section 5<br>Chapter 4: Partisan Spoils of Office: A post-Shaw Judicial Philosophy of Civic Literacy<br>Chapter 5: Is "Bull Connor" Dead? Contemporary Public Opinion on Voting Rights Policy<br>Chapter 6: A Battle of Principals: Congress the DOJ and the George W. Bush Administration<br>A Systems Theory Approach to Enforcement<br>Chapter 7: The Macro-Political Context Shaping Enfranchisement 2000-2008<br>Conclusion: Regulating Discretion and the Challenge of Post-Racial Politics<br>Appendix 1<br>Appendix 2<br>Selected Bibliography<BR /><BR />