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And yet the USA happily denies the vote to felons. If the constitution allows that, it will surely not prevent other rights from being conditionally revoked.



"And yet the USA happily denies the vote to felons."

Some states do. The USA as a whole does not.

The Fourteenth Amendment allows states to remove voting rights for criminals, but does not require it. In fact, more states allow felons to vote than do not.

The reason this is "allowed" is because the amendment specifically and explicitly permits that. I don't think that generalizes to other cases.




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