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September 24, 2020
Updated September 25, 2020
New York Times Op-Ed: The Federal Death Penalty Can Be Administered Fairly
July 27, 2020
Updated July 27, 2020
PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER OP-ED: SAFE INJECTION SITES ENABLE DRUG USERS AND ENDANGER COMMUNITIES
February 3, 2020
America’s opioid crisis is a monumental issue. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, two out of three overdose deaths involve opioids. Fatal overdoses from opioids increased almost six times since 1999, peaking in 2017 at almost 50,000 deaths before declining for the first time in decades in 2018 as the administration’s opioid response started taking hold. Instead of advocating for common-sense solutions, some groups across the country are advocating for what could be...
Updated February 18, 2020
Introduction to the Department of Justice Journal of Federal Law and Practice
November 30, 2019
There are few concepts more fundamental to our system of government than the rule of law. The safety, security, and prosperity we enjoy are rooted in the principle that we are all accountable under a set of clearly established laws that apply equally to everyone. In the late seventeenth century, political philosopher John Locke advocated for a rule-of-law system in which government was "directed to no other end but the peace, safety, and public good of the people" and citizens were governed by...
Updated August 7, 2020
Washington Post Op-Ed: ‘Social justice reform’ is no justice at all
November 27, 2019
Thanks to sensible law enforcement policies, violent crime rates dropped by half nationwide over the past three decades. Although increases occurred in 2015-2016, the rates again dropped during the first two years of the Trump administration. But reductions in crime are neither automatic nor inevitable. They are the result of federal, state and local law enforcement and prosecutors working together to enforce the laws. Unfortunately, a trend is emerging that could threaten the hard-fought...
Updated December 2, 2019