Posted on 08/12/2013 8:27:09 AM PDT by ColdOne
Regardless of your views on the drug issue this is another example of the Obama Administration thumbing their nose at the law.
Instead of changing the law they just disregard it.
Doesn’t this require some sort of process concerning the passing of laws, which would mean it is not a function of the executive branch. Just thinking constitutionally
druggies, fags, lesbos, abortions....all for the children
I don’t think Holder can just end run the 1987 Congressional Sentencing Guidelines
But I do agree ...oddly enough....that first time offense should have more weight as a factor...right now it counts for nothing but prior history can be an enhancement like role in the offense etc
Just like crack was once 100 times the severity weight of powdered cocaine
and so forth
Burglars are “non-violent.” So are many drug dealers, embezzlers, and other big-ticket thieves.
Mere violence does not a serious crime make.
Lessen or soften the sentence for these crimes, and we’ll get more of them.
Felon helping felons it’s the democrat party way.
If you read the earlier threads on the George Zimmerman story, you will find that Holder had a large mob of members here cheering him on. They too, wanted George hung for defending his life when attacked by a thug with the intentions to take it.
Holder n zero like drugs and kiddi porn and all manners of addictions and tyrannies, makes sense.
They just aren't Prosecuting them...........
We live in a post constitution era now.
The Oath of office is now just a bunch of rote words one has to say at some ceromony to start wielding power.
I agree that the executive should not be changing laws, and that this does seem like another example of this administration thumbing its nose at any law that doesn’t fit their agenda. I guess I was supporting some aspects of the concept, not the means of achieving it.
In many cases, these ‘unjust’ sentences for first-time drug offenses are the only legal way to put a lawbreaker away. When the law can’t prove the other offenses, they use this to get a bad apple off the streets for a time.
/johnny
Which makes a mockery of the laws.
/johnny
While I have my own personal opinion that some are put away way too long for the offense, nonetheless it is the law as written.
The obama administration continues to make up the rules they want. This is not out of compassion, it is a campaign stunt for the dims in 2016 to buy the youth vote. Legalize pot and recreational drugs by defacto ignoring the law.
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