U.S. Court of Appeals in Richmond. (Parker Michels-Boyce for The Virginia Mercury)
Federal judges in the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond on Tuesday appeared sympathetic to the plaintiffs in a case challenging Virginia’s disenfranchisement of people with felony convictions.
After a federal district judge allowed the challenge to move forward earlier this year, alleging that Virginia has been out of compliance with a Reconstruction-era federal law, the 4th Circuit had a hearing on the state’s attempt to toss the case…