John G. Malcolm is The Heritage Foundation's vice president for the Institute for Constitutional Government and also directs Heritage's Meese and Simon centers.
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President Barack Obama has publicly opined that mandatory minimum sentences ranging from 20 years to life in prison for drug offenses do not “fit the… Read More
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On Thursday, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, and ranking member Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., introduced the “Deterring Undue Enforcement by Protecting Rights of Citizens from… Read More
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Thanks to the work of a bipartisan team of lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives, federal civil asset forfeiture reform is a significant step… Read More
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On Wednesday, the Supreme Court delivered a win for the Sixth Amendment right to counsel in Luis v. United States. Five justices—Justice Stephen Breyer, who… Read More
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It now seems highly likely that the next president of the United States will have the opportunity to nominate someone to fill the vacancy on… Read More
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Following President Barack Obama’s nomination of Chief Judge Merrick Garland of the D.C. Circuit to fill the vacancy left by sudden passing of Justice Antonin Scalia, there… Read More
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Frustrated by his inability to bend Congress to his will, President Barack Obama has once more picked up his trusty pen and phone and issued… Read More
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Critics of mens rea (criminal intent) reform claim it would shield white-collar criminals from prosecution. Rejecting the default criminal intent standard because we are rightfully… Read More
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I was recently bemoaning the fact that mens rea reform was not part of the various proposals that were being considered in the House and… Read More
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One night in 2001, 77-year-old Margaret Davis became the victim of a home invasion. A suspected drug dealer, pursued on foot by Philadelphia police, broke… Read More
