Firing Line
Do We Need Laws That Confront Hate Crimes?
S33 • E35 Nov 12, 1998 60m
After the black American in Texas was mutilated and killed, Mr. Buckley begins, "and the gay student in Wyoming also mutilated and killed, President Clinton asked for increased federal dominion over hate crimes. Is there a need, let alone a philosophical justification, for such a thing, or was Mr. Clinton's call nothing more than what George Will designated as moral pork barrel?"