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MINNEAPOLIS — The Minnesota Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld state laws that prohibit people with felony convictions from voting until they finish their parole, and put the burden on the Legislature to decide whether voting rights should be restored when people leave prison. “There may be many compelling reasons why society should not permanently prohibit — or perhaps prohibit at …
RALEIGH, N.C. — A state trial began Monday in a lawsuit challenging when voting rights are restored for convicted felons in North Carolina. The current North Carolina Constitution forbids a person convicted of a felony from voting “unless that person shall be first restored to the rights of citizenship in the manner prescribed by law.” But the plaintiffs say the …
Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett argued in a dissent last year that felons should be allowed to own guns, a position Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee long opposed before defending President Donald Trump's nominee to replace Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the bench. History showed felons "could be disqualified from certain rights," such as voting or jury duty, …
