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Is it Unconstitutional to call or identify an individual as an "Ex-Felon", "Ex-Convict", and/or "Convicted Felon"?
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Is it of any illegal regress to refer to an individual as being an “ex-felon”, “ex-convict”, and/or “convicted felon”? …long after a person who was charged with a felony and served her/his (state or federal) prison sentence for that charge and conviction; and is recognized as being a free woman/man by the fact of evidence of her/him being released back into society: freed from all parole-board and/or post-prison super-visional limitations, guidelines, rules, and/or directives? -issued by the County and/or State she/he resides, or has residency in/of-?
No, it is not unconstitutional. If a person has been convicted of a felony, then, by definition, they are a convicted felon. To say that someone is an "ex-felon" or "ex-convict" on the basis that they once had been convicted of a felony is accurate, much like if you have been married and divorced, you are an ex-spouse.
No. It's not even unconstitutional for the government to deny someone legal rights that other people have, on account of having committed a felony - most notably, the right to vote. Whether this is morally right, or good public policy, is another question; but that is not the same thing. (I forget which Supreme Court Justice said that laymen define "unconstitutional" as "whatever I don't like.")
The answer is no. Unfortunately, as long as it is factual, then there is nothing you can do. If, however, it is somehow inaccurate, then maybe you have some action you can take to protect your reputation and prevent people from talking about you inaccurately.
