Legal Studies 297U - ST-Law & Pol/Voting in the US

This course traces political and legal struggles over the right to vote and access to electoral power in the United States from the founding to the present, focusing on issues such as the voting rights of people of color and women, the Voting Rights Act, reapportionment, redistricting, voting restrictions such as voter ID laws, and voting expansion measures such as same day registration, early voting, and voting by mail. Throughout, the course focuses on the interaction between law, political institutions, and social movements in struggles over the right to vote.

Open to Legal Studies majors only. Pre Req: LEGAL 250 No overrides above the normal class capacity for this course will be permitted.