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The Monstrously Bad H.R. 1 Has One Laudable Feature

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The Monstrously Bad H.R. 1 Has One Laudable Feature
Leonel Frage, 60, who hasn't been able to vote in over 15 years due to a felony conviction, poses proudly holding a paper restoring his right to vote during a special court hearing aimed at restoring the right to vote under Florida's amendment 4 in a Miami-Dade County courtroom in Miami, Fla., on Nov. 8, 2019. Zak Bennett/AFP via Getty Images
Conrad Black
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Bill H.R. 1 is a monstrous confection of Nancy Pelosi’s to turn America into a one-party state at the federal level; it is almost certainly unconstitutional and is odious in almost every respect. But one point of merit that lurks within it and is either lost or mistakenly opposed is the provision for felons.

Conrad Black
Conrad Black
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Conrad Black has been one of Canada’s most prominent financiers for 40 years and was one of the leading newspaper publishers in the world. He’s the author of authoritative biographies of Franklin D. Roosevelt and Richard Nixon, and, most recently, “Donald J. Trump: A President Like No Other,” which has been republished in updated form. Follow Conrad Black with Bill Bennett and Victor Davis Hanson on their podcast Scholars and Sense.
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