Every bill in Congress should have two names -- one attached by its supporters and one by its opponents. H.R. 5682, passed by the House earlier this summer, is titled the FIRST STEP Act, but I would call it the Faux Pas Act.
The drive to put ever more criminals and more dangerous ones on the streets gathers steam, funded by Soros money on the left and Koch money on the libertarian side, leaving relatively few defenders of the strong and sensible policies that have been a major factor in the tremendous drop in crime since the peak in the early 1990s. Senator Tom Cotton of Arkansas is one of the few, and he has
this op-edin the WSJ with the above headline.
While the House bill has some flaws, the Senate can fix them on a bipartisan basis. But under no circumstances should Congress cut mandatory minimum sentences for serious crimes or give judges more discretion to reduce those sentences. That foolish approach is not criminal-justice reform--it's a jailbreak that would endanger communities and undercut President Trump's campaign promise to restore law and order.
"Some flaws" is an understatement.
Hereis a letter I sent Senator Cotton in July, explaining the flaws in more detail.
But wait, there's more. Paul Mirengoff has
this postat Powerline warning that an even-worse version is gaining momentum in the Senate.
Reform the Prisons Without Going Soft on Crime curated from Crime and Consequences Blog
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