The Tribal Prosecutorial Sovereignty Act

As Christians and conservatives, we shouldn't just demand that our representatives vote against unjust laws and for the just ones. We need to be writing our own legislation. Below is an example, and while it isn't the most important issue facing our nation today, it is a matter of life and death, a least for a few people. Read on and you'll see why. Click here to find your congressman if you want to send him/her the following message:

Dear Representative _________,

Please introduce the following bill into the Congress:

A BILL

To repeal the federal criminal law commonly known as the Major Crimes Act.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE

This Act may be cited as the 'The Tribal Prosecutorial Sovereignty Act'.

SECTION 2. FINDINGS

The Congress finds as follows:

(1) The incident which led to the enactment of the Major Crimes Act was a case in which an Indian received a small punishment for the murder of an Indian from another tribe. This was perceived as a great injustice at that time.

(2) Though we concur that such incidents are in fact a travesty of justice, we find that such legislation, having passed over one hundred years ago, is no longer necessary for the reason that the culture of the Indian people has been influenced over the years by Americans who find that harsher punishments are more appropriate.

(3) The Major Crimes Act punished all Indian tribes with the loss of their sovereignty, likely because of just one incident, which was not, even then, characteristic of all tribal law enforcement entities.

(4) In recent years, the Major Crimes Act has had the opposite effect of what was intended. Under this Act, tribal law enforcement is no longer allowed to enforce its own laws against serious crimes such as theft, rape, and murder, but instead must be enforced by federal law enforcement agencies. These cases often never even come to trial because of the backlog which exists in the caseload of the U.S. Attorneys’ offices.

(5) The Major Crimes Act is in violation of several treaties made with Indian tribes.

SECTION 3. REPEAL OF THE MAJOR CRIMES ACT

Section 1153 of title 18, United States Code, is repealed.

Thank you,

(Sign your name)

Gonzales Should Apologize

Attorney General Alberto Gonzales is in the hot seat for firing 8 U.S. Attorneys. He has apologized for the way he went about the firings, but not that he did it. Congressional Democrats are saying that some U.S. attorneys were dismissed for either investigating Republicans or failing to pursue cases against Democrats. Top Justice Department officials told Congress that the firings were based on the prosecutors' performance.

Were these firings really improper or illegal? Who cares? I contend that Gonzales really should be apologizing to the unborn for is not getting rid of all 93 U.S. Attorneys and replacing them with ones who would start prosecuting abortion doctors and those who consent to it. The President of the United States is sworn to uphold the Constitution which says, “…nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of law.” (Amendment XIV section 1) In a statement concerning Gonzales’ recent statements, Justice Department spokesman Brian Roehrkasse said "how important the U.S. attorneys are to him as his representatives in the communities they serve and as prosecutors charged with protecting their communities from violent criminals, drug dealers and predators." Unfortunately, neither Bush nor Gonzales consider an unborn baby to be a person under the law, and therefore they don’t see abortionists as violent criminals or predators. To them it is just a matter of States’ rights and/or deterring promiscuity and/or getting votes from pro-lifers.