Court of Appeals for the First Circuit May 21, 2014, 13-1925 (United States v. Roberson)

TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge,

Concurring.

Faced with statutory language highly analogous to that now on appeal, the Supreme Court has held that Congress may impose civil disabilities, enforceable via criminal sanctions, based on the existence of a constitutionally infirm prior predicate conviction. Lewis v. United States, 445 U.S. 55, 65-68, 100 S.Ct. 915, 63 L.Ed.2d 198 (1980).