Democrats defend and implicitly support ACORN's massive voter registration fraud. They fail to deter voter intimidation by the New Black Panther Party. They push incessantly for
universal voter registration and amnesty for illegal aliens. And now --
felons are on the cusp of gaining the right to vote in Washington thanks to activist Democrat judges.
The New York Times reports that the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals yesterday held that a Washington state law barring incarcerated felons from voting violates the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965 because it disproportionately affects minorities...
The three-judge panel split in overturning the district judge’s 2000 ruling dismissing a lawsuit filed by a former prison inmate, and found that disparities in the state’s justice system “cannot be explained in race-neutral ways.” Of the 18,000 felons currently incarcerated by the state, over 37 percent are minorities; of that group, African-Americans make up the largest subsection at nearly 20 percent. The plaintiffs claimed that the Washington felon disenfranchisement law is illegal because it dilutes the minorities’ electoral strength due to their larger percentage among the prison population...
Dissenting 9th Circuit Judge Margaret McKeown wrote that the 1st, 2nd, and 11th Circuit courts have rejected VRA challenges to felon disenfranchisement laws, which many states have enacted in various iterations nationwide. The state Attorney General’s office hasn’t said whether they will seek a ruling by the full circuit court or appeal directly to the U.S. Supreme Court.
The modern Democrat Party is a disgrace -- and it must be stopped in 2010, before it's too late.
Hat tip: Steven G.
If the Courts are true to the reasoning of Ricci, this should be overturned en banc or at the Supreme Court.
ReplyDeleteBy this same logic then any other rights they are denied by law can also be restored, such as their rights under the Second Amendment.
ReplyDeletethey are trying to steal 2010 so they can run the nation as a one party state.
ReplyDelete2010 might be the last free election ever in the usa.
maybe 2004 was!
We can now get a felony for name calling in this country. Every year things that are misdemeanors are upgraded to Felonies in an effort to "get tough on crime". Maybe this would not be such a bad thing. As easy as it is becoming to get a felony, this would allow us to still be able to vote our way back to sanity of government, instead of losing our rights to some b.s. law.
ReplyDeleteeverything you already say in disagreement to the liberal establishment is already considered "Hate Speech". That's one legislative session away from "Hate Crime"
Hm. Does this mean that the welfare system of the US is unconstitutional, because it has a disproportionate affect on minorities? How about Pro Football? Basketball?
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