Sen. Mike Lee: Trump's 'law and order' consistent with criminal justice reform

During the presidential campaign, Donald Trump’s law-and-order, tough-on-crime approach to criminal justice led many reformers to believe he wouldn’t be an ally in the movement to reform a system they believe to be overly punitive. As one NBC News headline put it, “With Trump in White House, criminal justice reformers look elsewhere.”

But Trump rarely mentioned justice issues, and used vague language when he did. This left some reformers, including the conservatives who make up a large part of the movement, hopeful that Trump just might help bring about reforms at the federal level.