Reforming Federal Law
August, 1978
Last January, after long debate and much compromise, the U.S. Senate voted 72 to 15 to pass a bill intended to drastically revise Federal criminal laws. Both conservatives and liberals support most of the bill's provisions while disagreeing sharply on some. Now the issue is before the House of Representatives, where agreement or compromise may be even more difficult. Our concern is that certain highly authoritarian features of the bill will be retained or even strengthened, and we have asked for...
