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Good Counsel: IJ Challenges Virginia’s “Barrier Crime” Law

Across the country, there are tens of thousands of laws that ban people from working because of their criminal histories. Sometimes precise, narrow laws are justified. But, more often, these laws amount to permanent punishments that block people from supporting themselves because of old, irrelevant convictions. IJ’s defense of economic liberty has led us to challenge egregious examples of these laws in Pennsylvania and California. Our latest case on behalf of a client seeking a fresh start takes us to Virginia.
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In Virginia, any one of 176 so-called barrier crimes can disqualify a person from work in certain occupations for life—no matter how old or irrelevent the conviction. How one IJ client is fighting against this irrational and unjust law.
 
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In what may be the most obvious of examples of obvious constitutional violations, we discuss the right to not have the police put you in prison. Plus, why a case involving a Greek boat accident can go forward in Boston
 
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Reason's Eric Boehm talks tariffs and the U.S. Court of International Trade, while IJ's Josh Windham talks about the PA Supreme Court's ruling on guns rights.
 
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