Wednesday, July 02, 2008

Debtor's prison anyone?

This from Glenn's June 30th column


Tennessee Law Prevents Men from Regaining Voting Rights if They're
Behind on Child Support
. When fathers are unable to pay their child support, the government employs numerous abusive tactics against them, including seizing their driver's licenses and passports, and even jailing them. Here's a new one--a Tennessee law prevents some men from voting based on child support. The ACLU, to its credit, is fighting the law.



I'm surprised Gregoire didn't try and push this one through here in Washington. Since the legislature usually rubber stamps all DV related legislation, Grace Huang must have been getting some and sleeping late this past winter.

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