Voting Rights
The very idea of denying the right to vote to convicted felons who have completed their sentence seems obviously absurd to me. So, I have new respect for Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack now that I discovered the order that all voting rights be restored to ex-felons he issued in the summer. No 21st century Governor should allow this 19th century idea to stand.

Maybe somebody here can explain why this isn't an issue appropriate for the Supreme Court to address. Yesterday, they chose not to hear it. I'm not smart enough to know if that's the right legal decision, but as far as outcomes go, this denial maintains an injustice the logic of which simply escapes me.

The folks in question have served their time.