Antidemocratic

Inside the Far Right's 50-Year Plot to Control American Elections

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<p><strong>“Chilling and convincing, <em>Antidemocratic</em> is a must-read.” —Heather Cox Richardson, author of <em>Democracy Awakening</em></strong></p><p><strong>“David Daley has been at the absolute forefront of educating us about the theft of our elections by radical Republicans determined to subvert everyone else’s power to choose their own leaders. An absolute warrior for democracy.” — Rick Perlstein, <em>New York Times</em> bestselling author of <em>Nixonland</em> and <em>Reaganland</em></strong></p><p>In 1981, a young lawyer, fresh out of Harvard law school, joined the Reagan administration’s Department of Justice, taking up a cause that had been fomenting in Republican circles for over a decade by that point. From his perch inside the Reagan DOJ, this lawyer would attempt to bring down one of the defining pieces of 20th century legislation—the Voting Rights Act. His name was John Roberts.</p><p>Over thirty years later in 2013, these efforts by John Roberts and the conservative legal establishment culminated when Roberts, now Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, wrote <em>Shelby County vs. Holder</em>, one of the most consequential decisions of modern jurisprudence. A dramatic move that gutted the Voting Rights Act, Roberts’s decision—dangerously premised on the flawed notion that racism was a thing of the past—emboldened right-wing, antidemocratic voting laws around the country immediately. No modern court decision has done more to hand elections to Republicans than Shelby.</p><p>Now lauded investigative reporter David Daley reveals the urgent story of this fifty-year Republican plot to end the Voting Rights Act and encourage minority rule in their party’s favor. From the bowels of Reagan’s DOJ to the walls of the conservative Federalist Society to the moneyed Republican resources bankrolling restrictive voting laws today, Daley reveals a hidden history as sweeping as it is troubling. Through careful research and exhaustive reporting, he connects Shelby to

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EAN

9780063321106

Sprache

Englisch

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Taschenbuch

Maße

197 x 128 x 28 mm

Erscheinungsjahr

2025

Verlag / Hersteller

HarperCollins