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January 19, 2007
reply brief was filed this week in response to the Hayden v. Pataki
January 19, 2007 Disenfranchisement: News/Updates from the Sentencing Project
New York: Legal Defense Fund Urges Court to Reconsider Decision
A reply brief was filed this week in response to the Hayden v. Pataki case urging the Second Circuit to reverse the district court's dismissal of the plaintiff's constitutional claims. The case challenged the state’s disenfranchisement law that bars people with felony convictions from voting while they are in prison or on parole. The court dismissed the case in February 2005 concluding that “Congress did not intend the Voting Rights Act to cover such [felon disenfranchisement] provisions” and that such an application “would alter the constitutional balance between the States and the Federal Government.” The Second Circuit will not schedule oral argument on the appeal before the end of January.
Posted by lois at January 19, 2007 05:01 PM