Posted on 02/13/2014 10:00:07 AM PST by Responsibility2nd
(CNSNews.com) – Three days after announcing that the U.S. Justice Department will recognize same-sex marriages in all legal matters, even in states that forbid it, Attorney General Eric Holder took a swipe at states that don’t allow felons to vote.
“In many states, felony disenfranchisement laws are still on the books. And the current scope of these policies is not only too significant to ignore -- it is also too unjust to tolerate,” Holder told a criminal justice forum at Georgetown University Law Center.
Holder urged lawmakers “to stand together in overturning an unfortunate and outdated status quo.” And he called on the American people “to join us in bringing about the end of misguided policies that unjustly restrict what's been called the ‘most basic right’ of American citizenship.”
“These laws deserve to be not only reconsidered, but repealed,” he said.
Holder said state laws that bar felons from voting are “not only unnecessary and unjust, they are also counterproductive” because they perpetuate the “stigma and isolation imposed on formerly incarcerated individuals,” increasing the likelihood that they will commit future crimes.
Such “outdated” laws have a “disparate impact on minority communities,” he said, suggesting that this is, at heart, a civil rights issue.
Of the 5.8 million Americans who cannot vote because of current or previous felony convictions, 2.2 million are black, Holder noted.
“And although well over a century has passed since post-Reconstruction states used these measures to strip African Americans of their most fundamental rights, the impact of felony disenfranchisement on modern communities of color remains both disproportionate and unacceptable.”
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I agree. I wonder if he’ll do an about-face on this when it starts hitting home that legal gun owners aren’t registering.
since it has nothing to do with race, he’d say it’s apples and oranges.
You’re right. Not to mention, all the hell he’ll put them through before that’s their primary concern.
Fixed it!
Holder is untouchable. Politics again is proven to be the world’s oldest profession, no disrespect to more honorable prostitutes.
Gestapo General Holder has spoken: “Only Obey Laws that I can tolerate.”
“We need those RAT votes”, said Holder. “Obama is so unpopular, we can’t win without the criminal part of our base.”
When you commit a felony, you lose many rights. If that felony happens to be breaking into my house threatening my family, the first right you lose is your right to live. Voting is the least of your concerns.
Ask Eric if he thinks they should get their 2nd ammendment right back. :-)
He’s planning for his and Obama’s future.
I actually agree that if a felon has done his time, successfully completed his/her parole/probation and is back as a normal tax-paying citizen, then they should indeed be allowed to vote. Perhaps the only exception might be someone who has committed voter fraud in the past.
OK, we’ll give you felons if you’ll give us no voting for public assistance parasites.
I not only don’t want felons voting there should be a minimum IQ for the low information crowd....also no vote for welfare recipients!!!
I wonder if Holder is as anxious to give these Americans back their 2nd Amendment Rights?
- AG Eric Holder and b. hussein obama junior have financial/business ties to drug cartel kingpin Gutman
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