The Supreme Court declined to hear a case from Virginia officials seeking to thwart a lawsuit challenging the commonwealth’s permanent ban on convicted felons from voting in elections.
The high court released its decision not to hear the case as part of its orders list Monday, rejecting a petition that was brought to the justices in March. With the rejection of the appeal from Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares, the lawsuit will now proceed toward a trial in federal district court.
The lawsuit, brought by two convicted felons in Virginia, argues that the part of the state constitution barring convicted felons from voting for life violates the 1870 Readmission Act, which allowed Virginia to rejoin the union after the Civil War.
The Readmission Act did
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