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berni_mccoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 12:38 AM Original message |
Isn't taking away an ex-felon's right to vote a violation of the 8th Amendment? |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 12:45 AM Response to Original message |
1. Seems to me they DID argue it was cruel and unusual. |
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pinto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 12:46 AM Response to Original message |
2. Good editorial from the CS Monitor (March 01, 2005): |
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pinto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 12:51 AM Response to Original message |
3. The Sentencing Project, 'Felony Disenfranchisement' : |
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varkam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 12:58 AM Response to Original message |
4. I am a convicted felon |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 01:01 AM Response to Original message |
5. Yes, I have always thought so (n/t) |
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On the Road (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 01:04 AM Response to Original message |
6. A Constitutional Right Can Sometimes be Outweighed |
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pinto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 01:06 AM Response to Original message |
7. Apparently, in Trop v. Dulles, a soldier was "denationalized" for desertion. Justice Warren wrote |
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