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Posted on 07/16/2020 12:38:03 PM PDT by knighthawk
Many states have long had a way for ex-cons to be re-instated as voters.
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As did Florida, until the last election, when the Dems proposed, and the voters approved a Florida Constitutional Amendment. The Legislature set up the conditions.
Dems sued, as usual. The SCOTUS decided.
I would love to see an analysis of that vote, especially after the Secretary of Agriculture (Liberal Dem) got elected, while all other state races went to Republicans.
The Secretary of Agriculture controls firearm regulations in Florida.
“Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried, an original defendant in the case, is now an appellant and filed a brief in December in support of local cities and counties’ right to pass local ordinances free from state interference.”
In other words she wants to ignore the Constitution of the United States and allow each city or county to set up their own laws prohibiting firearms, despite a state law prohibiting this.
Obviously the Dem is totally in with the socialist agenda.
This is good news.
Frankly, I believe the public is really getting tired of activist Federal judges who believe they have more power than the voters and legislators they elect.
Anyway, this federal district judge first got slapped down by the circuit court and now by SCOTUS.
...requiring those who have been convicted of felonies and served their sentences to pay outstanding fines and fees owed in connection with their cases before voting.
Yeah, I'm sure they're all really civic-minded and have voted in every election since turning 18. It's not that the Florida Demagogic Party can't send in a ringer for each one of them now, nope, no way.
Sentences are seldom served in full: some sentences are subject to the vagaries of politics—and the perp is exonerated. Sometimes, no sentence is given at all.
It helps to spend time in U.S. courtrooms. Amazing what passes for justice!
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“...simply because they are poor,” Sotomayor wrote
Uh, restitution would be a better word to use than fees.
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The constitution clearly allows states to do that, yes.
Somehow, when they were drawing up representative democracy, I do not believe that they had this in mind.
FL voters approved a constitutional amendment, IIRC, in 2016.
It illustrates why the people have no business in such matters at the polls.
No, Justice Sotomayor, this Court’s order prevents thousands of otherwise eligible voters from participating in Florida’s primary election simply because they are not finished paying for their felonies................
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It’s too much common sense for a Supreme Court Justice to be able to process.
That may be true but I always believe that when you are done with your sentence, done with your parole/probation/fines, you get your rights back.
That is how our constitution was written, we should stick to it.
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