Back in December, I flagged an important 4th Circuit opinion rejecting Virginia’s claims that it was immune from suit under the Virginia Readmission Act, which plaintiffs’ assert prevents the Commonwealth from disenfranchising citizens for convictions that wouldn’t have been common law felonies at the time.
Virginia sought cert. review of that decision (and tucked in a challenge to all of ex parte Young in the process).
And this morning, SCOTUS denied cert, letting the case proceed on the merits. (It’s case no. 24-964 on the order list.) The Hill has more.