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| Va. high court invalidates McAuliffe's order restoring felon voting rights |
| 2018-06-04 |
| [WashingtonPost] Gov. Terry McAuliffe's decision to restore voting rights to more than 200,000 felons violates Virginia's constitution, the state Supreme Court ruled Friday, dealing a major blow to the Democratic governor with implications for the November presidential race in the crucial swing state. Illegals and Felons - Democrat Base™ In a 4-to-3 decision, the court ruled that McAuliffe overstepped his clemency powers by issuing a sweeping order in April restoring rights to all ex-offenders who are no longer incarcerated or on probation or parole. The court agreed with state Republicans who challenged McAuliffe's order, arguing that the governor can only restore voting rights on a case-by-case basis and not en masse. "Never before have any of the prior 71 Virginia Governors issued a clemency order of any kind ‐ including pardons, reprieves, commutations, and restoration orders ‐ to a class of unnamed felons without regard for the nature of the crimes or any other individual circumstances relevant to the request," Chief Justice Donald W. Lemons wrote for the majority. "To be sure, no Governor of this Commonwealth, until now, has even suggested that such a power exists." "Have you heard of Arkancide? Puh-leeez" |
| Posted by:Frank G |
| #12 And let's not forget McAuliffe is indorsing a self-admitted pedophile running for Congress. |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom 2018-06-04 10:27 |
| #11 #3 #10, they already caught a slimey little weasel from Harrisonburg pulling that most traditional of all Dem stunts in the last election. |
| Posted by: Cesare 2018-06-04 10:24 |
| #10 Now he'll have to do it the old fashioned way - send out an army of volunteers to cemeteries to take down names... |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2018-06-04 10:14 |
| #9 I think it shows how desperate the demoncrats are. They have no message other than we hate trump, wanna take your guns and make you dependent on us and raise your taxes. Doesn't play well with most voters. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2018-06-04 10:05 |
#8 Whenever I see a picture of that bastasd
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| Posted by: Uliper Sluper9478 2018-06-04 09:14 |
| #7 No JohnQC, this happened back in late April of 2016. McAuliffe was trying to ensure Virginia went for Hillary. He then was punched in the face by the Virginia Supreme court for trying that with 200,000 people. Then in August, he tried again with a modest pardon of 13,000. Then when the Courts wouldn't hold him in contempt, in November 6(OH MY!), he granted 60,000 convicted felons the right to vote. It's this last one I believe the ruling is about in this article. I'm curious how many votes then would be invalidated by this ruling. |
| Posted by: Charles 2018-06-04 08:49 |
| #6 McAuliffe tried to restore felon's rights? Was he just trying to pave the road for himself in case of possible election fraud and money laundering charges/convictions? |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2018-06-04 08:17 |
| #5 Kissing up to felons and MS13 to stay in power. This proves the advice, every time you see a Dimocrat, hide your wallet. |
| Posted by: Ulaigum Ebbineng7056 2018-06-04 01:42 |
| #4 In a 4-to-3 decision, the court ruled that McAuliffe overstepped his clemency powers by issuing a sweeping order in April restoring rights to all ex-offenders who are no longer incarcerated or on probation or parole. Silly me! That does rather sound like something that the State Legislature should pass a law on first, what? That is, if said Legislature originally passed a law taking said voting rights away from felons, but, you see, I'm not a progressive so I think things like that... |
| Posted by: magpie 2018-06-04 01:17 |
| #3 Illegals and Felons - Democrat Base What about the dead? |
| Posted by: gorb 2018-06-04 01:06 |
| #2 "dealing a major blow to Dems" I was rather hoping for a.....death blow |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2018-06-04 01:00 |
| #1 Illegals and Felons - Democrat Base™ This is a bit unfair. There are plenty of felons in the mid and upper ranks of the Democratic party. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2018-06-04 00:47 |