Editors, AGR:
I found AGR No. 269 even more interesting then usual.
On page 5, I wondered why only California’s “three strikes
and your out” law was highlighted when most states have varying
versions of the same slam-dunk mentality legislation.
In the Labor Briefs section, for a minute I wondered why state prisoners
weren’t mentioned among Florida slaves, perhaps because the 13th
Amendment to the US Constitution permits slavery for that class of persons.
So much for the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment!
“Obey only laws one wishes to obey” is a policy not confined
only to prisoncrats, but government bureaucrats all the way to the top.
Is this the American Way?
Thank you for sending AGR my way.
Gerald Niles,
Asheville, NC
