Political Scientist and Professor

Joseph Bessette

1 article 2005

Joseph Bessette is a political scientist and professor at Claremont McKenna College, specializing in American government, constitutional law, and criminal justice policy. He contributed to The Weekly Standard in 2005 with analysis of the U.S. Department of Justice.

The Injustice Department

October 17, 2005 · Features, Magazine

IN AUGUST THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION fired its director of the Bureau of Justice Statistics in a dispute over a press release about a report on racial profiling. Newspaper editorialists and Democrats in Congress charged the administration with suppressing painful truths. In response, Republican…