During his last presidential campaign, Richard Nixon denounced "the wave of crime" that he said was sweeping the country. What was needed, he said, was "leadership that will place this problem as the first priority of American business." The Republican nominee characterized Attorney General Ramsey Clark as "soft on crime" and a "coddler of criminals." A new man at the Department of Justice, Nixon proclaimed, was needed "if we are to restore order and respect for law in this country." Republicans everywhere blamed the permissiveness of Democratic Administrations for rising crime rates.
That was 1968. Now, three years later,...
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