I think the federal government should be doing only what the Constitution says it should be. We don't have authority under the federal Constitution to have a big federal criminal justice system.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I don't think the federal government should be a part of everything. I think that governing should be done state-by-state... so that you can tailor your governing to the people's needs.
We should have a very limited federal government.
The federal government is way larger than it should be.
Outside of a few national security issues like treason that the Constitution lays out, we don't need federal crimes, and we don't need federal prisons. We need state crimes and state prisons.
I also believe that the Supreme Court should be the final arbiter of all federal questions.
As I understand, the role of the federal judiciary, the role of our court system, is to provide justice.
We need a Federal government that does what the government needs to do and stops doing what the government ought not to be doing.
The purpose of the criminal justice system is both to rehabilitate and to punish. If we can rehabilitate somebody, that's a huge, huge win.
The reason I like the criminal justice system is there aren't Republican or Democrat victims or police officers or prosecutors. It's about respect for the rule of law!
I think the Justice Department needs to be the final protector of the people of the United States of America.