Mississippi, the Court, and the Voting Rights Rollback
Six books explaining how Supreme Court doctrine, Reconstruction's unfinished work, and state-level partisan strategy now converge on the maps that decide Southern representation.
Optimized for books about Understand the legal and historical forces driving the current fight over redistricting, voting rights, and judicial power in Mississippi and the broader South..
The Shadow DocketStephen VladeckVladeck explains how the Supreme Court’s opaque procedures and rulings are remaking voting-rights enforcement, directly...Shelf signal: Courts & the Judiciary
Justice on the BrinkLinda GreenhouseGreenhouse traces the Court’s political transformation and helps readers understand how recent doctrinal shifts enable...Shelf signal: Courts & the Judiciary
The Second FoundingEric FonerFoner provides Reconstruction and constitutional history needed to situate how voting rights and representation in the...Shelf signal: Civil War Era
InjusticesIan Millhiser, Joe BarrettMillhiser offers a critical history of the Supreme Court’s role in entrenching inequality, contextualizing why judicial...Shelf signal: Courts & the Judiciary
Sundown TownsJames W. LoewenLoewen’s examination of sundown towns and regional racial practices supplies historical background on Mississippi’s...Shelf signal: Race & Ethnic Relations
Ballot BattlesEdward Foley, Edward B. FoleyFoley’s Ballot Battles explains the procedural and legal contests over maps and elections that make state-level...Shelf signal: Elections & Campaigns