These proposals do not require new laws. They simply require that the federal government comply with existing laws. State and local government are willing to help, but we can no longer afford to carry more than our share. The national government has a very well defined role. It needs to do its job better.
Police power lies with states, and in turn, with units of local government.
Those governments closest to the people are worthy stewards of that authority. Every day in cities and towns across this nation, dedicated men and women are serving the individual needs of their communities by securing the comfort, safety, morals, health and prosperity of their citizens. As these issues have become more prominent throughout America, we have seen an alarming willingness of the national government to federalize crimes and to pass legislation that dictates to local and state law enforcement agencies how they do their jobs. Congress need not, and should not, pass laws that federalize the police power or otherwise mandate the procedures and philosophies of our adult or juvenile systems of justice. The action items I have spoken of thus far are the responsibility of government at some level.