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Antonio the Sixth
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« Reply #25 on: August 01, 2018, 05:58:06 AM »
Quote from: Gass3268 on July 31, 2018, 09:40:33 PM





Oh thank God.

But yeah, as Virginia said, still utterly terrifying that there are 3 GOP hack with so little regard for the rule of law.
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« Reply #26 on: August 01, 2018, 02:59:35 PM »
Quote from: Gass3268 on August 01, 2018, 10:44:28 AM
Good news!



Every time I see news about a federal judge making a good ruling like this all I can think is "who cares, this is gonna be overturned by Justice Kavanaugh soon enough".
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Antonio the Sixth
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« Reply #27 on: September 01, 2018, 07:58:12 AM »
This sounds like a slam dunk case. What other rationale could the SoS possibly have?
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« Reply #28 on: September 08, 2018, 09:35:47 PM »
Quote from: GeorgiaModerate on September 08, 2018, 07:23:05 PM
On that Florida ruling, this is terrific (the 2nd part below):



AMAZING
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Antonio the Sixth
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« Reply #29 on: September 15, 2018, 06:07:24 PM »
Huh, weird. Is it a PR stunt on their part ("see, we're totally not just a way to funnel dark money into GOP candidates!") or something more sinister? It sure ain't out of the goodness of their hearts.
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Antonio the Sixth
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« Reply #30 on: September 16, 2018, 12:38:22 PM »
Voting rights aren't really a libertarian thing, though. They're about democracy rather than freedom, and if anything libertarians tend to be suspicious of democracy. And obviously someone who's serious about democracy wouldn't pour millions of dollars into manipulating their outcome. I'm not willing to give the Kochs the benefit of the doubt here, although obviously I'm still glad they're helping.
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Antonio the Sixth
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« Reply #31 on: November 23, 2018, 03:28:36 PM »
This is despicable. I don't care if it helps Democrats or not, it's just wrong.
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Antonio the Sixth
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« Reply #32 on: January 18, 2019, 09:00:53 PM »
Federal Judge struck down WI's lame-duck voting restrictions.

Democracy wins.
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Antonio the Sixth
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« Reply #33 on: January 25, 2019, 01:26:39 AM »
Wonderful news through and through!

I don't know why they didn't add reenfranchisement though. Oh well.
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Antonio the Sixth
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« Reply #34 on: February 10, 2019, 04:48:24 PM »
Yes, of f**king course inmates have a right to vote. They are citizens like everyone else, and they actually have more of a stake in government policy than most people.

The ease with which Americans go about dehumanizing people who happen to have committed a crime (or been framed by a corrupt judicial system for a crime) never ceases to amaze me, even after all these years.
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Antonio the Sixth
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« Reply #35 on: June 17, 2019, 09:25:04 PM »
Worth noting that this was a purely procedural decision based on standing, so we don't actually know what the Court's view on the substance of the issue is. This also explains that the vote doesn't completely fall across the usual ideological lines.
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Antonio the Sixth
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« Reply #36 on: October 22, 2019, 10:27:02 PM »
Quote from: GP270watch on October 20, 2019, 02:34:38 PM
A controversial Florida law stops some former felons from voting. A judge just blocked part of it.

A federal judge has issued a limited ruling that Florida cannot use a person’s inability to pay fines as a reason to deny the vote.

In what way is it a "limited" ruling? Wasn't this the whole point of the law? Huh
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Antonio the Sixth
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« Reply #37 on: October 23, 2019, 01:29:50 PM »
Huh, that is odd. If the legal rationale that led to this ruling can be applied to other cases, you'd think the ruling would as well.
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Antonio the Sixth
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« Reply #38 on: December 04, 2019, 07:04:22 PM »
So North Carolina has a new congressional map? Surprised that hasn't been brought up here.
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