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Crime and criminal justice are key issues in the 2024 presidential election: Here's where presidential candidates stand Policing and criminal justice are two of the issues on the campaign trail ahead of the 2024 presidential election. The Republican and Democratic contenders differ over how they would handle public safety and criminals. Broadly speaking, Republicans want to increase punishments and policing to address crime while Democrats want to reform the system. Here’s a brief look at where the major candidates stand on the issue. Joe Biden President Joe Biden has bucked some calls from the progressive wing of the Democratic Party, saying, “We should all agree the answer is not to defund the police. It’s to fund the police.” At the same time, he has also pushed for greater accountability for when police “violate the public trust.” In the White House, he has also backed community policing and violence intervention efforts and called for more mental and social services funding. M...

The Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday will vote on whether to advance legislation that would require the U.S. Supreme Court to adopt a binding code of ethics The Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday will -- for the first time -- vote to advance legislation that would require the U.S. Supreme Court to adopt a binding code of ethics, adhere to more stringent disclosure requirements and explain recusal decisions to the public. The unusual step follows a wave of news reports that Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito failed to disclose ties to wealthy Business men and political donors, including acceptance of luxury Travel and accommodations, and that Justice Sonia Sotomayor used taxpayer-funded court staff to help sell her books. Alito personally defended himself -- arguing, in a rare op-ed published in The Wall Street Journal, that he acted appropriately. In Thomas' case, he maintained that he thought he didn't have to disclose those ties; while in Sotomayor's ...