Federal court rules felons cannot vote in Florida if they owe fines or fees

In his dissent, Judge Adalberto Jordan wrote, “Incredibly, and sadly, the majority says that Florida has complied with the Constitution. So much is profoundly wrong with the majority opinion that it is difficult to know where to begin. … “I doubt that today’s decision — which blesses Florida’s neutering of Amendment 4 — will be viewed as kindly by history.”