Virginia: GOP sues over Virginia governor's felon voting order

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The Democrat felon voting express train in Virginia hit a sharp curve on Monday when Republican lawmakers went to the state's highest court to derail it.

Constitutional attorney Charles J. Cooper's law firm filed a lawsuit on behalf of Republican leaders in the Virginia legislature asking the state Supreme Court to block 206,000 felons from voting in November.

The lawsuit Howell v. McAuliffe states that Democrat Gov. Terry McAuliffe abused the separation of powers in an April 22 executive order that gives a blanket restoration to convicts who've completed their sentences.

McAuliffe is countermanding longtime policy, in which Virginia's governors have restored voting rights by individual cases, the suit states.  The felons who received the blanket amnesty include inmates convicted of rape, murder, and other major offenses.

Read more: http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2016/05/gop_sues_over_virginia_governors_felon_voting_order.html

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[ScottinVA]

Someone needs to corner Fast Terry the Bagman and force him to answer why these felons summarily regain their voting rights, along with the rights to serve on juries and run for public office.... yet their right to own firearms remains out of reach.

So... they are again qualified to determine guilt or innocence of the accused, but they're still not trustworthy enough for restored gun ownership.

Why the inconsistency, Bagman?

[Weird Tolkienish Figure]

Someone needs to corner Fast Terry the Bagman and force him to answer why these felons summarily regain their voting rights, along with the rights to serve on juries and run for public office.... yet their right to own firearms remains out of reach.

So... they are again qualified to determine guilt or innocence of the accused, but they're still not trustworthy enough for restored gun ownership.

Why the inconsistency, Bagman?

 

[ScottinVA]