felony-disenfranchisement

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
25-713 George Barry Hawkins, Jr. v. Glenn A. Youngkin, Governor of Virginia, et al. Fourth Circuit 2025-12-18 Pending Response Waived discretionary-restoration expressive-conduct felony-disenfranchisement first-amendment selective-permissibility voting-rights Whether Virginia's system of discretionary restoration of the right to vote to people with felony convictions violates the First Amendment doctrine pr…
24-560 Dennis Hopkins, et al. v. Michael Watson, Mississippi Secretary of State Fifth Circuit 2024-11-19 Denied Amici (1)Relisted (2) constitutional-law eighth-amendment equal-protection felony-disenfranchisement fourteenth-amendment voting-rights Does Mississippi's lifetime felony disenfranchisement scheme violate the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on cruel and unusual punishments?
24A277 Dennis Hopkins, et al. v. Michael Watson, Mississippi Secretary of State Fifth Circuit 2024-09-18 Presumed Complete constitutional-challenge eighth-amendment equal-protection felony-disenfranchisement mississippi-constitution voting-rights Whether Mississippi's lifetime felony disenfranchisement law violates the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment when it perma…
23-590 Bonifacio R. Aleman, et al. v. Andrew G. Beshear, Governor of Kentucky, et al. Sixth Circuit 2023-12-04 Denied Response Waived discretionary-licensing discretionary-restoration expressive-conduct felony-convictions felony-disenfranchisement first-amendment sixth-circuit voting-rights Whether Kentucky's system of discretionary restoration of the right to vote to people with felony convictions violates the First Amendment doctrine pr…
22-6354 Thomas J. McNulty v. Rose Olivo, et al. Florida 2022-12-20 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process estate-law felony-conviction felony-disenfranchisement first-amendment inheritance pro-se-litigation probate-procedure standing Whether a lawful sole heir/beneficiary to an interstate estate, who is a convicted felon, awaiting the appointment of a personal representative, would…