Speaker 1: Now it's time for our daily Bloomberg Law Brief, exploring
Speaker 1: legal issues in the news and Today. Bloomberg Law host
Speaker 1: Jon Grasso discusses a recent Harvard Law Review article by
Speaker 1: President Barack Obama where he discusses the executive branch's role
Speaker 1: in reforming criminal justice in America. She speaks with Michael
Speaker 1: selmy Or, professor at George Washington University Law School. Mike,
Speaker 1: We've seen President Obama trying in various ways to preserve
Speaker 1: his legacy. What's your reaction to this writing of a
Speaker 1: Law Review article touting his reforms in criminal justice. He
Speaker 1: really took the time to document what they have done
Speaker 1: in the criminal justice area, and clearly within intent both
Speaker 1: to you know, preserve his legacy, but also I think
Speaker 1: to give a signal of the things that advocacy groups
Speaker 1: likely can do to try and preserve much of what
Speaker 1: the Obama administration has accomplished. The president's chief legal advisor
Speaker 1: said that Obama also hoped the article would give the
Speaker 1: issue of criminal justice reform momentum as he leaves office.
Speaker 1: As as you just indicated, is that likely since the
Speaker 1: incoming president ran on a tough law and order platform,
Speaker 1: It certainly seems that the agenda that is laid out
Speaker 1: in the article is quite contrary to the agenda that
Speaker 1: the Trump administration is bringing in. But it's not so
Speaker 1: clear to me that they will try to undo all
Speaker 1: that's been done, particularly uh the emphasis on re entry
Speaker 1: of individuals who have gone through the criminal justice system.
Speaker 1: Some of the band in the box where employers, and
Speaker 1: this has happened nationwide, have agreed not to hold criminal
Speaker 1: convictions against against applicants and also not to take ato
Speaker 1: account that they might be unemployed when they're applying, and
Speaker 1: those initiatives which are good for the economy and also
Speaker 1: help relieve some of the stigma of the criminal justice system,
Speaker 1: may be preserved, and as well as some of the
Speaker 1: reduction in the criminal population in terms of prison the
Speaker 1: prison population in particular, which is also something that's been
Speaker 1: happening around the country. One of the things that was
Speaker 1: interesting in terms of the report is it does a
Speaker 1: lot of what the above administration has done and it's
Speaker 1: not clear who caused it has also been done in
Speaker 1: local and state jurisdictions around the country, and a lot
Speaker 1: of the initiatives have been as cost Satan's and that's
Speaker 1: been true with an effort to reduce the prison population.
Speaker 1: So those things there will be interesting to see whether
Speaker 1: the momentum continues or not. That's Michael sell Me, a
Speaker 1: professor at George Washington University Law School, speaking with Bloomberg
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