Now it's time for our daily Bloomberg Law Brief, exploring legal issues in the news and Today. Bloomberg Law host Jon Grasso discusses a recent Harvard Law Review article by President Barack Obama where he discusses the executive branch's role in reforming criminal justice in America. She speaks with Michael selmy Or, professor at George Washington University Law School. Mike, We've seen President Obama trying in various ways to preserve his legacy. What's your reaction to this writing of a
Law Review article touting his reforms in criminal justice. He really took the time to document what they have done in the criminal justice area, and clearly within intent both to you know, preserve his legacy, but also I think to give a signal of the things that advocacy groups likely can do to try and preserve much of what
the Obama administration has accomplished. The president's chief legal advisor said that Obama also hoped the article would give the issue of criminal justice reform momentum as he leaves office. As as you just indicated, is that likely since the incoming president ran on a tough law and order platform, It certainly seems that the agenda that is laid out in the article is quite contrary to the agenda that
the Trump administration is bringing in. But it's not so clear to me that they will try to undo all that's been done, particularly uh the emphasis on re entry of individuals who have gone through the criminal justice system.
Some of the band in the box where employers, and this has happened nationwide, have agreed not to hold criminal convictions against against applicants and also not to take ato account that they might be unemployed when they're applying, and those initiatives which are good for the economy and also help relieve some of the stigma of the criminal justice system, may be preserved, and as well as some of the reduction in the criminal population in terms of prison the
prison population in particular, which is also something that's been happening around the country. One of the things that was interesting in terms of the report is it does a lot of what the above administration has done and it's not clear who caused it has also been done in local and state jurisdictions around the country, and a lot of the initiatives have been as cost Satan's and that's been true with an effort to reduce the prison population.
So those things there will be interesting to see whether the momentum continues or not. That's Michael sell Me, a professor at George Washington University Law School, speaking with Bloomberg Law host during grosso. You can listen to Bloombergy Law weekdays at one pm Wall Street Time here on Bloomberg Radio. Now. Among the top legal stories from Bloomberg Law, the FBI reportedly is arrested a former Volkswagen executive linked to the
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