In her opinion she makes no mention of how such "virtuous citizen" restrictions were used after the Civil War and the passage of the Reconstruction Amendments to deny African Americans the right to vote.
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In a recent dissent, Amy Coney Barrett wrote that the right to vote and serve on juries belonged "only to virtuous citizens." Her opinion also suggests that all civic rights are subject to virtue-based exceptions.
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At a time when the right to vote is under extreme attack, we should be critical of those who endorse outdated notions rooted in white supremacy as a justification for denying millions of Americans the right to vote.
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The full opinion (which concerns whether someone convicted of a felony can prohibited from owning a firearm), as well as Judge Barrett's dissent and her tangent regarding the right to vote can be found here: http://cdn.cnn.com/cnn/2020/images/09/21/rssexec.pdf …
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Nice job cherry picking quotes that serve your agenda.
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Nope. The opposite. In her dissenting opinion on a Second Amendment case, she said rights should be separate from government tests of "virtue."
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Was she referring to people who aren't felons? You're not really putting this into context.
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