In a 4-3 decision Friday, The Supreme Court said it "respectfully disagrees" with McAuliffe's assertion that he has the executive power to make such a broad restoration of rights.
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Boo yeah and Fuck Terry McAsshole.  



I still wish the General Assembly had that 1 vote needed to overturn his votes.

Wonderful!!! I was pretty pissed about this and am glad to see it's over.

He said the other day before the ruling he would sign them 1 at at time if he had to.
Here's the question, do laws require being signed by a pen or could he in just sign off 200,000 letters in mass via Adobe?
 

From what I understand, the back log is long and it takes about one year for the case to be reviewed and then approved. So hopefully not in time for November

Good.

This makes me grin ear to ear.

FTM
FMH
FRN
FHRC
FTK
FMW
FBHO

I read in an article McAwful said he would just pardon them all if the court ruled against him, but not sure if he is going to follow through with that.

Amazing how the Demonrats are working to expand the rights of convicted felons, illegal aliens, and terrorists at the same time they are destroying the rights of law-abiding citizens.  That's today's Democrat party for you.

He is signing all of them individually.

Well looks like the Dems lost out on some votes...Don't worry folks the Dems have backup plans.

As long as he doesn't use an autopen.  How long would it take to sing 400,000 signatures?  

Might keep him from doing further damage to the commonwealth.

Laws? Who cares? GOV McAuliffe ignores Supreme Court. He's going to individually pardon all felons so they can vote.

https://governor.virginia.gov/newsroom/newsarticle?articleId=16047

Wouldn't a pardon also restore their gun rights?

Wonder if anybody has pointed this out to him or the press yet.

EDIT- sorry just read the link and it says nothing about a pardon.

I just posted this in GD but yes they can. Once the restoration is complete and assuming they are not violent offenders, they can petition the circuit court for a gun restoration.

He specifically did not include firearm restoration although that is within his purview. The letters will likely say specifically the right to vote and hold public office.

They could theoretically petition the courts after some time though.

Some rights are more equal than others.

 

He told WTOP he plans to use an auto-pen.

Can the VA Supreme Court shove his auto pen up his ass then break it off( ) or doesn't the law specify on how each petition must be signed?



 

The State Supreme Court is unlikely to view further antics favorably.

Rob Bell and the rest of the Republicans in the House are said to be looking to sue him again if he doesn't review them individually.  

 
 

That is correct. There is not time limit that says you have to wait to petition, but I can imagine that someone who was convicted and petitioned in less than 5 years since the date of conviction, will be turned down.

However, once you have the restoration you are good to go, and could walk in and file the petition the same day. I was reading about this the other day when the mass amnesty came up, and the petition has a few fazes. First you go to the court of conviction or your new city circuit court office and pay for the petition, then you go home and fill out the petition and then mail or drop it off. Then the DA will sign off on it or object and then you eventually have a court day. At that time you (the petitioner) will state your case. Then it's the DA's turn and he will either object or will state he has no objections. Either way it's up to the judge in the end.

So if you go before a judge in a liberal town, chances are you will be denied on principle.

From what I understand he can't sign off on a mass amnesty of gun rights with the restoration of civil rights. Only a gubernatorial pardon can do that

That was the jist of what I read the other week, when several local DA's signed onto the lawsuit. They argued the mass amnesty was making their job a lot harder because they were seeing an increase in gun rights cases