Rep. Rabb Did The Right Thing Because He is a Politician of Uncommon Integrity and Character
Like many of you, when I first heard that Rep. Chris Rabb was the sole representative to vote against two bills that were said to be directed against trafficking children, I was surprised. My first thought was that this was a bad political move. It is a bad look to be the one legislator who stands against Democrats and Republicans and opposes legislation that is supposed to help victims of abuse. But my second thought was to not reach any conclusions but look more deeply at what these bills were and why Rep. Rabb opposed them. I hesitated to condemn for two reasons. The first is that I know a far bit about the history of criminal justice policy in the United States. I taught a course on the subject in my first teaching job. And I’ve tried to keep a bit current. One thing that this history teaches… Continue reading