"Effective review of history and modern realities of felon disenfranchisement"

This has been one matter that I have been concerned with over the years, particularly because it has a specific racial (and class) impact. I still agree with the dissent in Richardson v. Ramirez that the brief exception to a penalty provision in 14A, sec. 2 is not enough to authorize it. Happily, some improvements have occurred in the last decade.