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McAuliffe had issued a sweeping executive order in April that affected 206,000 ex-offenders in the state.
In a 4-3 ruling, the state's justices said under the state constitution, McAuliffe didn't have the authority for such a proclamation.
[...] Nothing stops the governor from granting rights to felons on an individual basis, but the justices said it was unconstitutional to do it through a blanket order.
[...] Under McAuliffe's order, the restoration of rights only extended to felons who have finished serving their terms — anyone in prison, or on supervised probation or parole, was still barred from voting. The order also granted felons the right to serve on juries and become a notary.
[...] He also noted that most states allow felons who have completed their terms to vote — Iowa, Kentucky and Florida are the only other exceptions.
[...] "Republicans suspect the real motive for McAuliffe's order is political," [NPR's] Pam [Fessler] reported [earlier this month]. "The governor is a close ally of Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, who could benefit from more African-American voters if the race in Virginia is tight. McAuliffe denied that was his reason for issuing the order."
(Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Monday July 25 2016, @12:47AM
Why isn't Hillary campaigning on the issue?
Make no mistake, despite the blatant tokenism, they are still the party of George Wallace. "Roots run deep"
La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..
(Score: 3, Informative) by takyon on Monday July 25 2016, @12:55AM
She does support it: https://twitter.com/HillaryClinton/status/723585247443619840 [twitter.com]
http://addictinginfo.org/2016/04/22/hillary-clinton-calls-for-federal-effort-to-restoring-voting-rights-to-felons-video/ [addictinginfo.org]
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(Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Monday July 25 2016, @01:30AM
When did this "support" begin? Did she ever make one squeak about it while she was in the senate? Or any other time before her 2008 campaign? Sorry, sounds like regular electioneering... *Blowin' in the wind* These people are supposed to lead, not follow fickle public opinion. She's definitely bogus. But *he who shall not be named* is there to help her out. This election is a tragic farce. And it's all our own damn fault, just couldn't turn our backs. People made fun of the US for Bush. Man! What are they thinking now?! I kinda doubt they're laughing this time, more like watching with gaping eyes and their tongues on the floor.
La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..
(Score: 1, Offtopic) by Runaway1956 on Monday July 25 2016, @04:57AM
Electioneering, exactly. Young women who have found a new boyfreind can develop an interest in cars, and those same young men can find the girl's interests interesting too. Electioneering sounds all wonderful. After a couple years of marriage, she ain't coming out of the house to crawl around under the car, and he's not the least bit interested in housekeeping.
(Score: 2) by Hairyfeet on Monday July 25 2016, @05:12AM
Yeah kinda suspicious when her husband passed three strikes and she did the "brought to heel" comment on black teens.
ACs are never seen so don't bother. Always ready to show SJWs for the racists they are.
(Score: 3, Informative) by Azuma Hazuki on Monday July 25 2016, @04:45AM
So if the Democrats are "still the party of Wallace" that must mean the Republicans are now the party of...who, exactly? Atilla the Hun?
I know you "conservative" types like to remind people that prior to the Civil Rights Act, the Democrats were pretty damn racist. This is true; no one with historical knowledge would deny that. But you conveniently forget that the Republicans decided to rebrand themselves with the Southern Strategy over 50 years ago specifically to cater to the kind of people who pronounce "African-American" with two Gs in it. In other words, your little snark-bomb has an expiration date half a century ago.
I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
(Score: 4, Interesting) by Runaway1956 on Monday July 25 2016, @05:21AM
President Obama’s Kenyan half-brother wants to make America great again — so he’s voting for Donald Trump.
“I like Donald Trump because he speaks from the heart,” Malik Obama told The Post from his home in the rural village of Kogelo. “Make America Great Again is a great slogan. I would like to meet him.”
Obama, 58, a longtime Democrat, said his “deep disappointment” in his brother Barack’s administration has led him to recently switch allegiance to “the party of Lincoln.”
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/07/24/obamas-half-brother-says-hes-voting-for-donald-trump.html [foxnews.com]
(Score: 1, Flamebait) by Azuma Hazuki on Monday July 25 2016, @05:40AM
Fixed that for you: "Malik Obama is another low-IQ, low-information voter who actually thinks anything Trump says is worth the oxygen he consumed to say it with."
What was your point? Also, they haven't been the party of Lincoln since the 60s, so you can cut that shit out too.
I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
(Score: 1, Troll) by Runaway1956 on Monday July 25 2016, @09:23AM
That is a horrible way to talk about our first black president's brother. It almost sounds racist. "Get back on the plantation, Boy!"
(Score: 2) by tangomargarine on Monday July 25 2016, @01:53PM
To paraphrase Sturgeon, 90% of all voters are idiots.
"Is that really true?" "I just spent the last hour telling you to think for yourself! Didn't you hear anything I said?"
(Score: 2) by q.kontinuum on Monday July 25 2016, @02:42PM
How? Racist would be to cut him some slack because of his presumably dark skin. Azuma didn't bring his appearance / heritage into play at all...
Registered IRC nick on chat.soylentnews.org: qkontinuum
(Score: 2, Informative) by Runaway1956 on Monday July 25 2016, @02:54PM
SJW rules - if you say anything about a member of a downtrodden/minority/subjected race which isn't complimentary, they you're being racist. No need to actually mention that person's race.
(Score: 2) by q.kontinuum on Monday July 25 2016, @05:44PM
Ok, with those rules you are probably more familiar than me :-) (Although I tried to learn the basics for implementing SoylentBob...)
To Azuma this label doesn't fit too well. Her rambling against Islam and other religions gets into the way, I think tolerance trumps woman suppression in SJW logic. Usually she actually hides some sense in her rants, when she doesn't limit herself to name-calling and flaming.
Registered IRC nick on chat.soylentnews.org: qkontinuum
(Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Monday July 25 2016, @06:04PM
"Rambling?" Thanks for that Q *groan.* Which one of us, exactly, has spent nearly a decade on church history, comparative religion, apologetics and counter-apologetics, logic, philosophy, and yes, reading the Koran? I don't ramble, thank you very much.
I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
(Score: 2) by q.kontinuum on Monday July 25 2016, @08:00PM
That's why there usually is some (or some more) sense in your posts - but as I wrote before, your strong language sometimes drowns the voice of reason a bit, and tempts some individuals to provoke you. (Well, I didn't put it exactly that way, but the meaning was similar.)
Registered IRC nick on chat.soylentnews.org: qkontinuum
(Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Monday July 25 2016, @04:14PM
Sorry to burst your sewage-bubble, Runaway, but I'm not an "SJW." Take your aggrieved whinging elsewhere; I call out stupid when I see it, no matter what color skin or what genitalia the perpetrator has.
I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 25 2016, @02:28PM
Well, He's full black so fully retarded. Obama is at least half white so that's the part which is doing all the work.
(Score: 2, Interesting) by fustakrakich on Monday July 25 2016, @07:27AM
Southern Strategy
Yes, I was perfectly aware of what Nixon did. It was still preferable to Wallace, who was at the height of his fame at the same time, and it was also still preferable to Humphrey, who really gave the game away as the party intentionally threw the election by nominating him when McCarthy was favored by over 19 to 1. In fact Humphrey had the least votes of all their nominees. After '72 it became more than obvious that the democrats and republicans were really a tag team, each tossing it to each other ever since. And remember, Carter and Mr. Bill had to appeal to that same Southern Strategy to win also. So let's not mince meat. Both parties suck, but I consider the democrats more cynical and deceitful, promising just enough to keep the the more sincere liberals (which are still bit players in the party, and to me they are suckers) from taking their money elsewhere. This year Sanders was the designated sheepdog, and it worked beautifully, exactly as planned, almost too smoothly. The ploy did attract a little attention though, but was quickly squashed as "conspiracy theory".
Oh, and the new phrase with 2 Gs is "super-predator" and "thug". They should at least call them "Super-Predator/Thug-Americans", with proper capitalization. After all they are citizens. But the party is still George Wallace underneath the facade that nobody wants to acknowledge. I can only imagine the names they call Obama when the mics are turned off and the "help" has gone home. They just have to remember to respond to him politely with "That's nice". My Captain Crunch decoder ring knows all.
Sorry, the democrat campaign is Jim Jones Kool-Aid. I'm staying away from the stuff, and from the republicans too. They really came unglued during the Reagan gag.
I know you "conservative" types
You really shouldn't be so revealing. We know that tactic also. "If you're not for democrats, you're for the republicans". You won't make a sale that way. In fact it confirms all the bad things that are said about the party and its followers. It very repulsive on all counts. While you call me a "conservative", the other side calls me a commie. Your mass media definitions just don't apply, and only serve as distractions.
La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..
(Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Monday July 25 2016, @08:05AM
Whoa there, tiger. If you think I'm a democrat you're really not reading me right. Personally I wish just about every single person in both parties would die. Ease off the caffeine, will you?
I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
(Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Monday July 25 2016, @08:26AM
I know you "conservative" types
You seem a little jumpy yourself :-) And a tiny bit one sided to boot
La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..
(Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Monday July 25 2016, @04:16PM
Jumpy? No, I prefer the term "vigilant." You see, in every era there are people like this...and in every era there arise people like me who find them and ridicule them. It's dirty work, but necessary. in much the same way a swimming pool needs regular de-wee-ing and chlorine treatments.
I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
(Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Monday July 25 2016, @05:20PM
I can tell you, that wasn't "vigilance". Cleaning the pool with sulfuric acid might kill the germs, but it doesn't exactly make it safe to enter. Not that I won't jump in anyway. I can have fun too.
and in every era there arise people like me who find them and ridicule them.
:-) You work "alone" [vox.com]?
La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..
(Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Monday July 25 2016, @06:02PM
In many ways I've always been alone in this world. I was lucky enough not to be an orphan at least, but most of the time I've been very internal and solitary, studying and learning from a distance. This planet is insane, and I want no part of that insanity; the phrase "in the world but not of it" describes me well.
I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
(Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Monday July 25 2016, @07:22PM
Yes, detachment can be a good thing. I'm a bit of a practitioner myself, but I still buy canned beans and drink city water.
La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..
(Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Monday July 25 2016, @07:38PM
Canned beans AND tap water? Consider that the detachment may be on the part of others...
I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...