On October 7, an en banc panel of the 9th circuit ruled that the federal Voting Rights Act cannot be used to overturn a state’s restriction on felon or ex-felon voting, unless the plaintiffs can demonstrate that the particular state passed the restriction on felon or ex-felon voting with the intent to discriminate against racial or ethnic minorities. See the per curiam opinion here. It is only 7 pages long. Thanks to ElectionLawBlog for this news. There are also some longer concurring opinions.
On January 5, 2010, the original 9th circuit panel had ruled 2-1 that the Voting Rights Act can be used to overturn Washington state’s ban on felons and certain ex-felons, but that earlier opinion is now reversed. The case is Farrakhan v Gregoire, 06-35669.
What party hacks (even party hack MORONS) say that they *intend* to discriminate against any body for any reason ???
The brain dead court has mind readers ???
For the clueless courts — the intend stuff relates to damages — intentional worse, negligent not so much.
How brain dead ignorant are the MORON courts regarding —
14th Amdt, Sec. 2 (OK to deny right to vote to convicted criminals)
and
15th Amdt, Sec. 1 (NO denial of right to vote based on race) ???
DIFFERENT subject matters.
For the clueless — the SCOTUS MORONS have yet to do a proper review of both sections — due to armies of LAZY moron lawyers and amicus profs — NOT that ANY review is necessary since both sections are PLAIN ENGLISH (except to the SCOTUS morons).