Right is still right, even if you stand by yourself.

Mr. Chief Justice, may it place the court.

This is Hans von Spockowski, and you're listening to Case and Point.

Today's episode is Crime Story, Cleaning Up the Nation's Capitol.

I've worked in Washington for more than two decades,

and despite what you may hear from

self-serving politicians who are trying to excuse their negligence and recklessness

and not wanting to deal with the problem, I know it's a dangerous city to live, work, or visit.

If you can cut out the political posturing, most residents, if they're honest, will tell you

exactly the same. The crime rate here from the number of murders committed to the robberies

and carjackings occur every day is frankly shocking. It's embarrassing that the District of Columbia

placed designated in our Constitution as the that the District of Columbia, a place designated in our Constitution

as the capital, United States of America, is a place where children are killed by random

bullets fired and drive by shootings. Diplomats are brutally murdered, leaving a museum reception,

and where when I leave work, I have to be alert at every red light

as I'm driving home to make sure there aren't any gangs of armed teenagers close by getting

ready to carjack me. President Donald Trump vowed that he would do something about it, and he has, taking over the Metropolitan Police Department and mobilizing over 2,000 National Guardsmen to help patrol the streets, many of whom I've actually seen, out around the mall, here to discuss the legality, necessity, and the results of the president's actions, as well as the prosecution

and judge problems in D.C. is my friend and colleague, Zach Smith. Zach Smith is a legal fellow,

senior legal fellow at Heritage. He clerked for Judge Emmett Cox on the 11th Circuit. Boy,

you got all your degrees. Undergraduate, Masters master's in laws at the University of Florida.

So he's definitely a Florida guy.

Go Gage.

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