Violent street crime committed by gang members is a serious problem, but turning crimes that are fundamentally local in nature into federal crimes is not the solution. Approximately 95 percent of U.S. criminal investigations and prosecutions are conducted by law enforcement at the state and local levels[1]-not the federal level.… Read more

Gang crime is a serious problem, but making it a federal crime is not the solution. In fact, bad federal criminal laws could detract from effective anti-gang strategies. The Senate's Gang Abatement and Prevention Act of 2007 (S. 456) and its counterpart in the House of Representatives (H.R. 1582) attempt to address gang crime by… Read more

Gang crime is a serious problem, but making it a federal crime is not the answer. In fact, bad federal laws could detract from effective anti-gang strategies. The Gang Prevention and Effective Deterrence Act of 2005 (S.155) attempts to address gang crime by defining a new federal crime and boosting federal criminal penalties for… Read more

The Senate is again considering the creation of a race-based government in Hawaii through passage of the misnamed "Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act of 2005"[1] (S.147[2]). The bill is a terrible idea for many… Read more