The point is that Congress cannot override the Constitution with a federal statute, and the Fourteenth Amendment explicitly gives the states the right to take away the abilities of felons to vote.
Tom McClintock: “The point is that Congress cannot override the Constitution with a federal statute, and the Fourteenth Amendment…”
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Arguing against federal legislation that would restore voting rights to felons immediately upon release.
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