“Buttigieg's reasoning—that prisoners lose their rights while in prison and that they're ‘removed from political life’—is circular. As Vann Newkirk wrote in The Atlantic last year, it's the same as saying a prisoner can't vote because they're a prisoner. ‘Even death-row inmates retain a broad array of constitutional rights," Newkirk says, "including access to due process, the right to sue, and the right to appeal. Why is the right to vote excluded’?“

GQ

April 23, 2019