Julianne Malveaux: Felon In Chief

(TriceEdneyWire.com)—Now that the former President and the candidate for future President has been convicted of thirty-four felonies, he joins 19 million other Americans who have such convictions.& Those felons face major restrictions in employment, finance, and housing.& For example, federal, state, and local government jobs often require a security clearance, which felons often cannot qualify for.& In some areas, felons are disqualified from teaching jobs.& It is challenging for felons to be admitted to the bar, which they must do to practice law.& They can’t work in jails.& Felons often do not qualify for professional licenses, from real estate licenses to barber certification.& They are often excluded from providing either child case or elder care.& In the health care area, felony convictions may disqualify people from working as a physician, nurse, or pharmacist.& In some instances, felons can’t get a pilot’s license, or a commercial driver’s license.& Felony convictions can sometime prevent people from getting loans, or even rental housing.& There are enormous biases against those who have been convicted of felonies, but that bias is not likely to affect Donald Trump, and even if it did, it wouldn’t matter.& He is shielded by his wealth and his status, and...