Senior Fellow, Stand Together Trust
Vikrant Reddy is a senior fellow at Stand Together Trust, specializing in the area of criminal justice reform. Reddy previously served as a senior policy analyst at the Texas Public Policy Foundation (TPPF), where he managed the launch of TPPF’s national Right on Crime initiative in 2010. He has worked as a research assistant at the Cato Institute, as a judicial clerk to the Hon. Gina M. Benavides in Texas, and as an attorney in private practice. He is a member of the State Bar of Texas, and he serves on the Executive Committee of the Criminal Law Practice Group of the Federalist Society. He is also an appointee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights Texas State Advisory Committee.
Reddy’s research and scholarly opinions have appeared in a range of national media outlets, including USA Today, National Review, The Federalist, and others.
Reddy earned his law degree from the Southern Methodist University School of Law. He received his undergraduate degree from the University of Texas at Austin.
Courthouse Steps Decision: Pulsifer v. United States
Vikrant P. Reddy
In Pulsifer v. United States, the Supreme Court considered an Eighth Circuit case that raised...
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Whither the Rule of Lenity
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Engage Volume 10, Issue 3, November 2009
*Online-Only Issue* CIVIL RIGHTS Two Civil Rights Decisions Close Out Supreme Court's 2008 Term by...