New York Gov. Cuomo grants 35,000 paroled felons right to vote; GOP sees 'power grab'

*facepalm*

"Parole" means to conditionally release a criminal, under supervision, before they've completed their sentence requirements.

Which means these people have NOT completed the sentence terms for whatever crimes they were convicted of.

I'm all for the restoration of a person's rights AFTER they've served their sentences in full.

And WHY only voting rights, governor, hmmm?


“It is unconscionable to deny voting rights to New Yorkers who have paid their debt and have re-entered society,” Cuomo said in a statement.

REEEEALY, governor? But it's all right to deny New Yorkers their rights BEFORE being convicted of anything, such as the Right to Keep and Bear Arms? On top of New York's already insane gun control laws, I haven't forgotten in the least how you got the SAFE Act passed...under the cover of darkness, just like the prosecution and conviction of Christ by the Sanhedrin members, with absolutely NO hearings, NO testimony, NO debate, and NO opportunity for the electorate to make their voices known (much less know it was coming in the first place). Passed in a midnight session on the first day the legislation was in session and signed into law the next day, less than an hour afterwards.


Let's take a look at what Governor Cuomo said in the article about restoring voting rights:

“I’m unwilling to take no for an answer,” Cuomo said at the annual convention of the Rev. Al Sharpton's National Action Network in New York City. “I’m going to make it law by executive order.”

Now, let's look at the most important part of that statement:

"I'M GOING TO MAKE IT LAW BY EXECUTIVE ORDER."

No, sir, you are NOT going to "make it law" by any such means. The Governor is not legally empowered to MAKE law, that is the sole purview of the legislative branch of the government.

Executive orders may only work WITHIN the framework existing laws. They CANNOT be used to MAKE laws. So, if the existing laws already allow the governor to restore a convicted felon's rights, then he may do so. However, he can't use executive orders to skirt the legal process which may already be outlined for this.


This isn't, of course, going to stop the governor from doing what he said. But that DOESN'T make it legal, or moral.

Just what NY needs... how do these fruit cakes get elected??

NY can join CA in the septic tank ...