U.S. District Court Strikes Down Virginia’s Ban on Felon Voting

On October 23, U.S. District Court Judge John A. Gibney, an Obama appointee, declared that Virginia’s ban on felon voting violates the 1870 act of Congress that readmitted Virginia to the union. King v Youngkin, e.d., 3:23cv-408. The decision was made from the bench, and is not yet in writing.

Unlike other lawsuits that have tried to overturn bans on felons’ voting rights in Virginia and certain other states, this one is not based on the U.S. Constitution. It is based on the wording of the 1870 federal law that put Virginia back in the union. It said that Virginia was forbidden to amend its constitution to shrink voting rights. The state had argued that only Congress can make a determination that Virginia is not in compliance.


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U.S. District Court Strikes Down Virginia’s Ban on Felon Voting — 4 Comments

  1. https://encyclopediavirginia.org/primary-documents/an-act-to-admit-the-state-of-virginia-to-representation-in-the-congress-of-the-united-states-january-26-1870/

    A-L-L THE 1860-1861 CONFED SECESSIONS AND 1861-1865 CONFED STUFF WERE UN-CONST

    [SINCE ALL THE CONFED REGIMES WERE ARRESTED/CONQUERED — NOOO USA-CONFED PEACE TREATY]

    OLDE EX-SLAVE STATES WERE NEVER *OUT* OF THE UNION.

    USA 187O LAW AND SIMILAR LAWS WERE ALL UNCONST.

    ALSO – UNCONST CREATION OF W. VA BY LINCOLN / UNION ARMY IN 1863.

    USA CONST DE FACTO SUBVERTED BY LINCOLN GANG – PAPER MONEY / HABEAS CORPUS / ETC

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