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...rates in the early '90s. Greenspan has made it perfectly clear (by his standard, anyway) that he prefers debt reduction to a big tax cut. And the meeting came a day before Greenspan and the FOMC meet, at which time they are likely to restore the Fed's neutral bias toward interest rates headed into the winter...
Federal hate-crimes legislation has been on the books since 1969, but stronger and more comprehensive revisions are needed. Currently, individuals can be prosecuted under federal law if they commit a crime against an individual due to racial, religious or national bias, and the victim is engaged in a "federally protected activity." "Federally protected activities" include voting, serving on a jury, registering for school, taking part in a federal program and not much else. So the current hate-crimes legislation is limited in two ways. It only covers crimes based on race, religion or national bias (to the exclusion...
This is why, in recent years, numerous attempts have been made to beef up legal protection for minorities in this country through federal legislation. The legislation now being debated in Congress seeks to add federal penalties to any crime committed with bias as a motivation. This measure would also protect a much broader range of minorities than our current...
...conditions under which federal prosecution may proceed. Namely, the federal government may only prosecute a crime when the state cannot or will not exercise jurisdiction, the state requests or does not object to federal prosecution or the state prosecutes but does not receive an outcome that sufficiently combats the bias-motivation. This language is intended to allay concerns about states' rights in the criminal justice process...
...mandating that bias motivation be given special consideration, hate-crimes legislation sends a strong message about the position of the government on hate. This is not to say, of course, that hate speech should be limited in any way. Freedom of speech is guaranteed absolutely; the violent actions that result from hate speech are the target of hate-crimes legislation. These crimes are almost always committed against victims unknown to the perpetrator. Ultimately, hate-crimes legislation is about protecting innocent people...