07 Jul (Please answer the questions in the form of an essay)
With the end of the Civil War and the ratification of the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments, it seemed like African Americans would finally obtain certain fundamental rights, such as the right to vote and equal protection under the law. What strategies did white southerners (and some northerners) use to continue to deny African Americans these rights? How were these rights ultimately achieved?
What is a racial caste system? What was the racial bribe extended to poor whites? How did the Original Constitution reinforce this caste system? How was the racial caste system reconfigured Post-Reconstruction? What role did the justice system play?What was the Southern Strategy? How did key Republican aides/strategist describe it? How did Reagan utilize this strategy?
Detail the American policy response to the demands of the civil rights movement. Be sure to attend to the punitive policy responses.(Hint: See Hinton)
What is the Voting Rights Act (VRA)? What are the major sections? How have recent court decision impacted the VRA? Who gains and lossesfrom the weakening of the VRA? Why is the VRA and voting rights in general a partisan issue?
In essay discussing the Concept of the Political be sure to address what is the political, according to Schmitt, and what distinction is its foundation? What distinction or markers can become political? And what is the key marker of the political? How does Liberalism treat a potential enemy? And in what respect does Liberalism negate the political? Further, address the power of the state according to Schmitt and why it transcends other human associations. And lastly what is the state compelled to do in critical situations to maintain peace
