The distinction between instrumental and symbolic law has become routine for social scientists. The former is actually intended to control behavior, while the latter is more concerned with using law to make a public statement. If ever there was legislation that seems designed to control human behavior, it is lifetime felony disenfranchisement (LED), which has much of its origins in American racism and the Civil War. Here, Sennott and Galliher examine LED laws in the states of Florida, Texas and Iowa.
... to not encompass prisoner disenfranchisement provisions such as that of New York because (a) Co... who are incarcerated or on parole for a felony conviction and the resulting discriminatory impact...
The spirit of the immigration marches was festive and patriotic. The immigrants, their families, and their supporters are not angry with America. Mostly they aren't even demanding what they haven't got. They are trying to protect what they have, or what they are already hard at work to get. One sign I saw, "My father was undocumented; I'm a law student," pretty much captured the spirit of the day. Who wants the police state? The leaders of the Republican Party. Why? Not because American business demands it. Business would adapt if fair labor standards were enforced on all employers evenly. It's the politicians, alone, who would lose out. Citizens vote. There was a time when Republicans might have attracted the culturally conservative Latino vote on values. But in the economy they've bui...
... bit of campaign business, along with felony disenfranchisement, voter-roll purges, and contriv...
...(93) . This "common law felony" theory was recently litigated before the Ninth Ci...
... remain committed to the disenfranchisement of those who are in prison or on probation. (4) . ...
... estimated 5.3 million Americans because of felony convictions. As many as four million of these hav...Disenfranchisement has real consequences. Although this committee ha...
Your editorial, "The franchise for felons" (Opinion, Friday), fails to grasp the powerful point Judge Sonia Sotomayor made in her dissent in Hayden v. Pataki, which is this: A simple reading of the Voting Rights Act makes clear that states may not impose voting qualifications that deny the right to vote on account of race. New York's felony disenfranchisement law, like similar laws throughout the country, does just that. Nationwide, 13 percent of black men are disenfranchised because of a criminal conviction. More than 80 percent of those currently denied the right to vote under New York's law are black and Latino.
...(1998). Losing the vote: The impact of felony disenfranchisement laws in the United States. New ...
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