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The fifth circuit this week surprisingly held that lifetime bans on voting for people convicted of a felony are unconstitutional under the 8th amendment (cruel and unusual punishment). The only explanation I can come up with for this very good holding from a very bad circuit is that conservatives are becoming more empathetic to felons since so many of them are suddenly becoming felons.
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