On December 19, the ex-felons who had been challenging Florida’s arbitrary procedures for getting permission from the Governor to restore their voting rights filed a brief in Hand v Scott, 18-11388. They argue that their lawsuit is now completely moot, because the voters passed an initiative last month ending their problem. The individuals who filed Hand v Scott say that all of the plaintiffs who owe court costs and fines will soon pay them, so they will all be permitted to register to vote soon.
The state had recently said that the case is not moot because some of the individuals who had filed the case still owe court costs or fines.
More moron moot stuff.
LAW 101
WHEN case CIVIL COMPLAINT filed
— past / current / future CIVIL INJURY alleged.
Changes in most LAW ONLY affects the *future*.
Retroactive changes must be super-obvious
— otherwise the HACKS can keep changing laws and be immune.
The case is on appeal from the district court, with a stay of the lower court decision. If the appeal were not moot for all plaintiffs, the 11th Circuit could have sent it back down to the trial court for seeing whether it is still applicable.
The plaintiffs’ attorney may want to keep open a challenge where a sentence has not been completed.