I have to reclaim my time because what we are doing again is that we at the Federal level are now telling local government how to treat juveniles. Juveniles are under the State and local criminal law, and so, if we do not create Federal law, we are telling the States and other localities how they have got to operate under this new theory that we have trotted out this afternoon with respect to juveniles.
Discussing the implications of federal intervention in local juvenile justice policies.
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