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How should we reform criminal justice at the Federal level?

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In the midst of all the turmoil in Washington DC, just prior to control of the U.S. House of Representatives flipping from the Republicans to the Democrats, Congress and President Trump managed to pull off a bipartisan bill to reform federal sentencing and criminal justice laws.  On December 21st, Trump signed the FIRST STEP act […]

Food Cart Class Is In Session

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In 2016, then-Presidential candidate Donald Trump warned that, if immigration continued unchecked, there might be a taco truck on every corner.  To many of us, that sounded just fine.  Madison College must think so, too, as they have recently adopted a program called the Food Truck Series to teach would-be culinary entrepreneurs to start, manage […]

Is Faulty Forensic Science Destroying the Criminal Justice System?

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Tune in to any number of crime shows on television, and you’ll be awed by the high-tech forensic science on display.  Time and again, investigators conclusively prove a suspect’s guilt with single strands of hair or a small scrap of DNA.  One would think that such forensic techniques are infallible.  In truth, however, not only […]

Progressives to Wield Clout in Next Congress

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The 2018 U.S. elections not only flipped control of the House of Representatives from the Republicans to the Democrats.  They also dramatically changed the composition of the Democratic Party delegation. Bolstered by an influx of newcomers, many who ran on anti-establishment platforms, the ranks of the Congressional Progressive Caucus have swelled to their greatest numbers […]

Fighting the Lame Duck Bills

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On Friday, December 14, outgoing Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker signed legislation passed during an extraordinary session that limits the authority of Democrat Governor-elect Tony Evers and of Attorney General-elect Josh Kaul, and sets limits on absentee and early voting.  Evers and Kaul both won their respective elections on the strength of historic turnout in Madison […]