What Roman Mars Can Learn About Con Law

Pattern and Practice

Episode Summary

What can a President do when it comes to reforming the approximately 18,000 locally governed police departments around the US?

Episode Notes

What can a President do when it comes to reforming  the approximately 18,000 locally governed police departments around the US? The infamous Rodney King video  showing him being graphically beaten by police officers helped catalyze a giant 1994 crime reform bill that brought the pattern and practice of local police departments under federal scrutiny. How does it work?