George Hawkins v. Glenn Youngkin

  1. February 23, 2026

    Justices Pass On Va. Voting Rights Restoration Case

    The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a challenge to Virginia's voting rights restoration system for people with felony convictions, leaving in place a Fourth Circuit decision that upheld the system as constitutional.

  2. August 22, 2025

    4th Circ. Rules Virginia Gov. Can Deny Felon Voting Rights

    A formerly incarcerated Virginia man convicted of attempted murder as a minor couldn't argue his constitutional rights had been violated by Gov. Glenn Youngkin, who refused to allow him to vote, the Fourth Circuit said, finding the state's process of vesting reenfranchisement in its top executive was constitutional.