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If you or a loved one are charged with a sex offense you are undoubtedly concerned about the prospect of imprisonment. But that is only one of the four discrete harms faced by any accused sex offender. There are three other harms that are as significant, and each should be discussed with your...

Afraid to work with children because you might be accused of a crime? You're not alone. Read this excellent post by Mike Cernovich at Crime and Federalism.

The same edition of the New York Times that carried an assessment of the top three contenders for the imminent vacancy on the United States Supreme Court also carried a story that one of three Americans failed to return Census Bureau forms. I wonder whether there's a deeper moral in this innocent...

"Here, in strictness, the people surrender nothing, and they retain everything, they have no need of particular reservations." That's Alexander Hamilton talking, in Federalist 84. He was explaining why the new federal government was not a behemoth to be feared, but rather a creature of limited...

It was reassuring to see the United States Supreme Court chip away at the collateral consequences doctrine in Padilla v. Kentucky. By ruling that criminal defense counsel have an affirmative obligation to advise their clients about the immigration consequences of a plea, the Court moved one step...

It was reassuring to see the United States Supreme Court chip away at the collateral consequences doctrine in Padilla v. Kentucky. By ruling that criminal defense counsel have an affirmative obligation to advise their clients about the immigration consequences of a plea, the Court moved one step...

The New York Times reports today a trend among online news organizations. It seems the days of the anonymous commenter are rapidly coming to an end. It is a welcome development.
The Internet is a great tool for fostering discussion about all manner of things. I think of it as a virtual agora, a...

The only way lawmakers will be forced to face the consequences of bad laws if is the people affected by those laws educated those in power. And that is precisely what will be taking place in Springfield, Illionois, on April 22, when a group of ordinary people seeking to reform sex offender laws...

My wife hates it. She says it means no one takes me seriously. I am too irreverent. But I do it anyway.
I'll be hanging out with the folks at WPLR tomorrow morning at 8 a.m. We've got no assigned topic. It doesn't work that way. WPLR is a rock 'n roll station. And the morning hosts, Chaz and...

There will be talk aplenty about what our Constitution means, even what it is, in the weeks and months to come as debate forms around the nomination of the next justice to the United States Supreme Court. The debate, frankly, is too important to be left to lawyers. But where is an ordinary...