POTUS/General Election Thread 2020 + Aftermath

[Hooahguy]

I am doubtful that being better than her counterparts is much of a compliment considering... well, California.

You would be surprised at how ideologically diverse California is. Dont forget that Schwarzenegger, who ran as a Republican, was the governor until 2011.

I looked up the california diversion laws and the only two I could find were proposition 36 (2000) and Penal code: Pt2: Title 6: chapter 2.5: 1000-1000.65, amended Jan 1st 2018, neither appear to make any mention of her supporting either.

Could you clarify what law you refer to and how it could be considered to be of Harris making?

As I mentioned earlier, it was the Back on Track program, not a law.

What agency do you refer to and from where did you get this table?

Posession of less than an ounce was demoted to a misdemeanor in Senate Bill No. 1449, Sep 30th 2010, came right before her tenure and coincides with a major arrest dip but I find no involvement of Harris in its favour.

How do you determine the cause being her discretion and not any other factor?

Well according to one of the public defenders who opposed her in court, she would routinely reduce marijuana sales cases down to misdemeanors and just not charge possession cases at all. (the whole article is a good read)

Far as I can tell her opinion was a closely guarded secret; making no comment during two sentancing reform referenda and her only action appears to be when she represented the governer fighting against reform in 2011

The role of a DA and AG is executorial, meaning they manage the office that prosecutes on behalf of the state/district law. They do not create laws It is their job to do this regardless of their personal feelings on the law. This is similar to how public defenders must enforce all citizens rights to fair representation regardless of what evil what those people might have committed.

As for the rest of your post, I mentioned earlier that no AG record is perfect. Mistakes and bad calls happen. Harris ran for senate because she saw the problems with law enforcement and the criminal justice system in this country, and she wanted to change them. As prosecutor it wasn't within her power to fully challenge the system and change the rules, but as a senator it was, and it will be as VP. There's a reason she ran on legalizing weed, there's a reason she's running on a ticket with decriminalization, there's a reason she ran on criminal justice reform, there's a reason she ran on ethics in government, and it's because she saw the problems with the system and wants to fix them. Having a lack of diversity in the criminal justice system is how we got to where we are in the first place. A diverse criminal justice system isnt an automatic fix, but we need more people in it from different backgrounds who have a better understanding of the fixes that need to be in place to right the wrongs dealt to their communities. I know you are just concern trolling, but I feel confident that the majority of voters are fine with her, and the data supports this.

Anyways, the racist birther attacks against her have already started. Not as bad as in 2008 so I'd call this diet birtherism.