Roger Clegg JD - Felon Voting

Name:	Roger Clegg, JD
Title:	President and General Counsel at the Center for Equal Opportunity
Position:	Con to the question "Should felons be allowed to vote?"
Reasoning:	"Individuals who have shown they are unwilling to follow the law cannot claim the right to make laws for the rest of us. We don't let everyone vote, not children, for instance, or noncitizens, or the mentally incompetent. We have certain minimum standards of trustworthiness before we let people participate in the serious business of self-government, and people who commit serious crimes don't meet those standards." "Perps and Politics, Why Felons Can't Vote," National Review, Oct. 18, 2004
Theoretical Expertise Ranking:	Experts PhD's, JD's (lawyers), Judges, Members of Congress, members of legislative bodies, and Executive Branch positions with significant involvement in, or related to, felon voting issues. [Note: Experts definition varies by site.]
Involvement and Affiliations:	President and General Counsel, Center for Equal Opportunity Contributing Editor, National Review Online Vice President and General Counsel, National Legal Center for the Public Interest, 1993-1997 Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, United States Department of Justice (USDOJ), 1991-1993 Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Civil Rights Division, USDOJ, 1987-1991 Assistant to the Solicitor General, USDOJ, 1985-1987 Associate Deputy Attorney General, USDOJ, 1984-1985 Acting Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legal Policy, USDOJ, 1984
Education:	JD, Yale University Law School, 1981
Contact Info:	Phone: 703-442-0066 Fax: 703-442-0449 E-Mail: rclegg@ceousa.org Website: Center for Equal Opportunity biography
Select Publications:	None found
Other:	None found
Also Quoted in:	1. Should felons be allowed to vote? 2. Does the U.S. Congress have authority to legislate felon enfranchisement in federal elections? 3. Should felons be permitted to vote while in prison? 4. Are felon disenfranchisement laws a form of racial discrimination? 5. Should felons lose their ability to vote in elections because society can no longer trust them or their judgment? 6. Does the argument of 'taxation without representation' justify giving felons the vote? 7. Would re-enfranchised felons, voting as a bloc, subvert laws protecting society? 8. Do state reenfranchisement procedures fairly and effectively enable felons to regain the ability to vote? 9. Is voting a privilege and not a right?