Comments on: Dear Congress: stop criminalizing things

By: J.T. Wenting

J.T. Wenting — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 08:23:39 +0000

The way politicians think, the best reason to criminalise something is that it’s not criminalised yet.
Therefore they always have a very good reason, the reason being there’s no law against it yet.

By: Rightwing Links (July 6, 2010)

Rightwing Links (July 6, 2010) — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 23:01:50 +0000

[…] Dear Congress: stop criminalizing things […]

By: GregS

GregS — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 13:28:24 +0000

Congress will keep criminalizing things as long as voters reward them at the ballot box for doing so. If voters voted against politicians who were overzealous in criminalizing things, politicians would stop doing it. No one today ever loses an election for being too harsh on criminal matters, and it never helps to be accused of being too soft on them. Until that changes, Congress will keep criminalizing everything.

By: Advice Goddess Blog

Advice Goddess Blog — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 06:34:00 +0000

To Live And Breathe Is Criminal…

I’ve been worried and disgusted by the constant law-passing in this country. It’s hard to have any idea what’s legal and illegal anymore — which makes it easy for any citizen to be arrested……

By: John Rohan

John Rohan — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 13:53:00 +0000

Good article, but it would be far stronger if it gave some examples of what it saw as overcriminalization.