Americans Deserve an Attorney General Who Will Uphold Rule of Law

November 18, 2014 • This commentary originally appeared in The Hill on November 18, 2014.

Derek M. Cohen, Ph.D.

Derek M. Cohen, Ph.D, is the Vice President of Policy and Right on Crime Senior Fellow. Previously the director of Right on Crime, the Foundation’s criminal justice reform initiative, Cohen was instrumental in the passage of the First Step Act, federal legislation that borrowed from successful changes to prisons and sentencing that he had helped pass in conservative states. In addition to leading the Foundation’s work on criminal justice, he is also the lead researcher of firearms policy.

On Nov. 8, President Obama announced that Loretta Lynch, the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of New York, will be his nominee to replace outgoing Attorney General Eric Holder. This decision was met almost instantly with praise for selecting an anodyne, confirmable successor, and mild hand-wringing that the selection will not go far enough to continue the legacy that Holder enshrined in the office.

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Derek M. Cohen, Ph.D.

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