Orrin Hatch: “an administration's law enforcement philosophy manifests itself in many ways. I have spoken several times about…”

“an administration's law enforcement philosophy manifests itself in many ways. I have spoken several times about soft-on-crime Clinton administration judges. President Clinton has been AWOL--absent without leadership--in the war on drugs. After years of declining use the drug problem is on the rise--on President Clinton's watch. Today, I want to speak about the Clinton coddle-a-convicted-criminal program. The President is responsible for protecting the constitutional rights of convicted criminals incarcerated in State prisons. This is pursuant to the Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act, sometimes called CRIPA, an act that I cast the deciding vote on and was prime cosponsor of, along with Senator Birch Bayh, many years ago, in the 1970's. Convicted criminals do have some constitutional rights; but, understandably, those rights are very sharply circumscribed. And, to my mind, the Clinton administration takes a very liberal view of these rights, and reads the rights of the accused and of convicted criminals more favorably than many of the rest of us.”