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What does "too late" mean? He should not have done it because it did not come sooner? It's past some deadline and it can't/shouldn't happen?

afarrell 11y ago
Also, what does "pushing for legislation" mean if it doesn't include advocating for it in widely-read media?
- jMyles 11y ago
  You only read half the statement. I said "push for legislation to seriously curtail solitary confinement, for children and adults alike, throughout the state systems."
  - afarrell 11y ago
    No I did see that. My response is 1) As my parent notes, He's still president. Time has not yet run out. 2) Publishing his opinion in the Washington Post is part of pushing for legislation, especially when we are talking about state systems over which he has no authority.
    - jMyles 11y ago
      Including this piece, he has not yet pushed for for legislation 1) regarding adults or 2) regarding state systems.
givehimagun 11y ago
'Too late' is only the first question. Arguments like too little and 8 years to make sweeping changes - those arguments are far too myopic and cynical to be considered sound arguments. Instead of isolated criticism, jMyles, tell me your ideas...how would you have done better. Issue identification is worthless to me.
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- jMyles 11y ago
  * An executive order, on day one of the presidency, prohibiting solitary confinement of children. This is a no-brainer. * The commission of a study, on day one of the presidency, to study solitary confinement across the country. This is a no-brainer. * An executive order, within the first year, walking solitary back to the limitations it had in decades past. * A conference of US attorneys, headed by the attorney general, to come to a policy regarding sentencing guidelines. * In the first year of the presidency, introduction and advocacy of legislation to eliminate mandatory minimum sentences for all or nearly all nonviolent offenses. None of these are controversial - every single one of these steps has vocal support from at least one member of both parties in both houses of congress. There are many more steps that might actually take a small amount of political capital, and they too are worth doing. But a single directive in year 8 of the presidency? There are children who have been languishing in solitary for years while this guy waited to release this statement.

afarrell 11y ago

Also, what does "pushing for legislation" mean if it doesn't include advocating for it in widely-read media?

jMyles 11y ago
You only read half the statement. I said "push for legislation to seriously curtail solitary confinement, for children and adults alike, throughout the state systems."
- afarrell 11y ago
  No I did see that. My response is 1) As my parent notes, He's still president. Time has not yet run out. 2) Publishing his opinion in the Washington Post is part of pushing for legislation, especially when we are talking about state systems over which he has no authority.
  - jMyles 11y ago
    Including this piece, he has not yet pushed for for legislation 1) regarding adults or 2) regarding state systems.

givehimagun 11y ago

'Too late' is only the first question. Arguments like too little and 8 years to make sweeping changes - those arguments are far too myopic and cynical to be considered sound arguments. Instead of isolated criticism, jMyles, tell me your ideas...how would you have done better. Issue identification is worthless to me.

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jMyles 11y ago
* An executive order, on day one of the presidency, prohibiting solitary confinement of children. This is a no-brainer. * The commission of a study, on day one of the presidency, to study solitary confinement across the country. This is a no-brainer. * An executive order, within the first year, walking solitary back to the limitations it had in decades past. * A conference of US attorneys, headed by the attorney general, to come to a policy regarding sentencing guidelines. * In the first year of the presidency, introduction and advocacy of legislation to eliminate mandatory minimum sentences for all or nearly all nonviolent offenses. None of these are controversial - every single one of these steps has vocal support from at least one member of both parties in both houses of congress. There are many more steps that might actually take a small amount of political capital, and they too are worth doing. But a single directive in year 8 of the presidency? There are children who have been languishing in solitary for years while this guy waited to release this statement.