jim sensenbrenner

President Obama's clemency and call for sentencing reform reflects a turning point in our national views on criminal justice policy.

Recent presidential and congressional measures concerning espionage and data privacy have the potential to bolster our credibility, counter misperceptions and restore trust with our allies overseas. Congress failed to vote on the USA Freedom Act last week, but the bill itself demonstrates our resolve to protect the privacy of all U.S. citizens and end bulk data collection. The NSA is also taking unprecedented steps to protect the rights of those at home and abroad. It is imperative that we

With approximately 700,000 of our fellow citizens returning from our jails and prisons to our communities each year, incarceration alone is not a solution. We have to do a better job at making sure that those returning home from prison and jail are empowered to change and correct their course in life.

Jonah Goldberg asks: If Obama is right that the war on terror is essentially over, why the need for massive surveillance?

Barack Obama once decried the Bush administration's 'false choice' between privacy and security, but he has only expanded on his predecessor's efforts at domestic spying.