-Caveat Lector- -----Original Message----- From: Martin H. Katchen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Lee Markland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Friday, January 01, 1999 3:45 PM Subject: Fw: CHEIF JUSTICE REHNQUIST CRITICIZES CLINTON/CONGRESS Why don't they just federalize all the courts and police and have done with it? -----Original Message----- From: Alexandra H. Mulkern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Friday, January 01, 1999 2:34 AM Subject: CAS: CHEIF JUSTICE REHNQUIST CRITICIZES CLINTON/CONGRESS >CHEIF JUSTICE REHNQUIST CRITICIZES CLINTON/CONGRESS > >AP >01-01-1999 > >Fair Use/Non-commercial only > >Rehnquist Criticizes New Laws > >By LAURIE ASSEO Associated Press Writer > >WASHINGTON (AP) -- Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist criticized >Congress on Thursday >for making federal crimes out of offenses already covered by state law. > >In his annual year-end report on the federal judiciary, Rehnquist blamed >the trend on pressure >in Congress to ``appear responsive to every highly publicized societal >ill or sensational >crime.'' > >This pressure must be balanced against consideration of whether states >are adequately >handling such cases and ``whether we want most of our legal >relationships decided at the >national rather than local level,'' he said. > >Rehnquist, the nation's top judge, did not mention his impending duty to >preside over a Senate >trial for President Clinton, who has been impeached by the House. On >Thursday, the chief >justice toured the Senate chamber and its anterooms for about an hour >under tight security. > >Rehnquist's report said the trend of federalizing crimes has contributed >to a double-digit >increase in the number of criminal cases in federal courts and >``threatens to change entirely the >nature of our federal system.'' > >``Federal courts were not created to adjudicate local crimes, no matter >how sensational or >heinous the crimes may be,'' Rehnquist said. ``Matters that can be >handled adequately by the >states should be left to them.'' > >Rehnquist said the number of federal criminal case filings rose by 15 >percent -- to 57,691 >cases -- in 1998. ``Not since 1972 have the criminal filings risen by >double digits,'' he said. > >As an example of a federalized crime, he listed a 1994 law that allows a >large number of >arsons to be prosecuted as federal crimes. Also, he listed three 1992 >laws: the Anti-Car Theft >Act, which federalizes carjacking offenses; the Child Support Recovery >Act, which makes it a >federal crime to fail to pay support for a child living in another >state; and the Animal >Enterprise Protection Act, which makes it a federal offense to travel >interstate to disrupt zoos >or circuses. > >The chief justice also urged Clinton and the Senate to end a ``political >impasse'' of ``stunning >proportions'' that has crippled a commission responsible for setting >standards for federal >criminal sentences. > >The U.S. Sentencing Commission -- which since October has had no members >-- ``is unable to >perform some of its core and crucial responsibilities,'' Rehnquist said. >``The president and the >Senate should give this situation their immediate attention.'' > >Created by Congress in 1984, the sentencing commission's main purpose >has been to establish >guidelines for meting out punishment for those convicted of federal >crimes. It was created to >reduce disparity in federal sentencing and to help develop an effective >and efficient crime >policy. > >The commission's seven members are to serve staggered six-year terms. >Federal law requires >that at least three commissioners be federal judges, and no more than >four be members of the >same political party. > >The commission lost its last member when a frustrated Chairman Richard >Conaboy quit in >October. The terms of the last three commissioners had expired that >month. > >Republicans in the Senate have had a hard time agreeing on selections >for the three GOP slots, >and some of their choices have been rejected by the White House. In >retaliation, Republicans >have balked at the Clinton administration's selections. > > AP-NY-01-01-99 0002EST > > > >========================================================================== >This mailing list is for discussion of Clinton Administration Scandals. 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