Hate crimes bill passes House….with a lot of hate in the process
HATE HATE HATE HATE... Passing updated federal hate crime legislation has been a priority for the Democratic Party for quite some time, and has been a major target for scorn by Republicans during that same period. Last week the House of Representatives did pass a bill that expanded the definition of hate crimes to those committed because of a victim’s sexual orientation—unfortunately for Democrats the only way to pass the bill was to attach it to a defense spending authorization, infuriating Republicans. Was it a cheap way to pass such an important bill, and how will the new hate crimes definition affect law enforcement?
Passing updated federal hate crime legislation has been a priority for the Democratic Party for quite some time, and has been a major target for scorn by Republicans during that same period. Last week the House of Representatives did pass a bill that expanded the definition of hate crimes to those committed because of a victim’s sexual orientation—unfortunately for Democrats the only way to pass the bill was to attach it to a defense spending authorization, infuriating Republicans. Was it a cheap way to pass such an important bill, and how will the new hate crimes definition affect law enforcement?
Guests:
Tim Lynch, director of CATO’s Project on Criminal Justice
- Patt Morrison for October 12, 2009
- The budget deficit that refuses to die
- Will limiting convenience stores reduce obesity rates in South LA?
- Seeing the forest for the trees…and all the carbon they suck up
- Hate crimes bill passes House….with a lot of hate in the process
- First the rain comes down…then the hillsides?
- Sony’s Red Light
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Wednesday, February 29, 2012
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- 9 p.m.
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