In the context of a criminal prosecution, trial counsel must be aware of the many different collateral consequences of a criminal conviction. This article reviews recent case law and the tests ...

It is time for federal courts to appraise more realistically all consequences that a criminal conviction has on a defendant. When determining a sentence for a criminal defendant, federal courts are ...

John was Vice President for the Institute for Constitutional Government, Director of the Meese Center, and the Ed and Sherry Gilbertson Senior Legal Fellow. In light of growing evidence that a number ...

The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights is right to be concerned about the excessive number of collateral consequences attending a felony conviction, but its implicit suggestion that the deprivation of ...

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases director Dr. Anthony Fauci admitted Wednesday that he knew the "draconian" COVID-19 policies he pushed for would lead to "collateral negative ...

Chevelle Nesbeth could have been sentenced to three and a half years in prison for trying to smuggle 602 grams of cocaine into the U.S. from Jamaica. Instead, a federal judge in New York decided to ...

Enforcing the rule of law is one of the primary functions of government. Likely, a majority of Arkansans want justice-impacted individuals to become productive citizens rather than breaking laws again ...

If you are convicted of a criminal offense in the state of Vermont, you may never be issued a license to deal cars or livestock, work as a radiologist’s assistant or set up a business at the airport.

John-Michael Seibler is a legal fellow in the Edwin Meese III Center for Legal and Judicial Studies at The Heritage Foundation. Federal laws and regulations carry more than 600 restrictions that may ...

John was Vice President for the Institute for Constitutional Government, Director of the Meese Center, and the Ed and Sherry Gilbertson Senior Legal Fellow. Since most ex-offenders—millions of them—at ...