"We reject that result because the U.S. Constitution cannot properly be so interpreted," the court's majority held. "The Supreme Court ruled that the Equal Protection Clause does not bar states from permanently disenfranchising felons."
July 18, 2024 at 02:34 PM
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The original version of this story was published on Texas Lawyer
A challenge to lifetime disenfranchisement of voting rights for convicted felons in Mississippi failed Thursday, with a divided federal appeals court ruling it is an issue for the legislature, not the courts.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, in an en banc ruling where six of the 19 judges dissented, held that the U.S. Supreme Court’s 1974 decisionin Richardson v. Ramirez expressly permits states to enact felon disenfranchisement.
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