I think that's what they want us to think. I have seen allegations that many of the names that were "scrubbed" were not even felons but WERE disproportionately black.
Also, considering that blacks caught with crack are more often given felony convictions than whites caught with crack (for instance) then yes, it is a civil rights issue, Dana On Fri, 18 Feb 2005 14:05:32 -0500, C. Hatton Humphrey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Larry C. Lyons wrote: > > Explain the 26th (allowing 18 year olds to vote) the 14th (involving > > voting within states) or the 13th (slavery) amendments then. And how > > these violate the constitution. They all prevent the states from doing > > certain things. > > The Constitution is written on an exclusion basis - I can't locate the > passage right now but I remember hearing, "Anything that is not > expressly defined in the Constitution falls under the jurisdiction of > the States". > > That's why an Amendment has such strict passage requirements. A federal > bill cannot change the State's voting laws but an Amendment can. I do > not see anywhere in the article where she is proposing an amendment > (though it might not expressly state it). > > Personally I think that it's a "crying over spilt milk" issue, they're > crying because they feel that if they just had those votes from the > "ex-con" market they'd have more seats. > > Hatton > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:147792 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
