While a decision on stop-and-frisk might seem like it has little to do with Muslim surveillance, both NYPD programs share the same fundamental flaw. Each relies on unconstitutional profiling.
Holder is adopting a “smart on crime” approach to punishment. But unless Congress implements legislation consistent with these policy shifts, they could end the moment he leaves his office.
In response to a U.S. News & World Report Debate Club question, "Is Eric Holder Making a Good Move on Mandatory Minimums?," Inimai Chettiar argues the Attorney General is right to curb mandatory minimums.
Even as the feds are roused to action, and even as more and more states realize they can’t keep sending their citizens to prison, the truth is that there is still far to go to remedy the harm America’s futile war on drugs has caused to so many.
Law enforcement should be everyone’s burden, through taxes, and not just the burden of the poor saps who happen to wander down the wrong road in Texas and become the victims of uniformed pirates.
