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pat's avatar

I was charged with the onion ring violation, fortunately the evidence did not hold up in court and the prosecutors case came to pieces, small dice actually.

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Jeanne Dukes's avatar

Excellent! Thank you.

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Richard Lipsky's avatar

In 2013-2015, Rep. James Sensenbrenner, a Republican from Wisconsin, was a prominent voice in the House advocating for mens rea reform but his bipartisan bill was defeated because liberals like Neera Tanden of the Center for American Progress believed that the reforms could make it more difficult to prosecute white-collar crimes, where intent can be difficult to prove, potentially leading to an increase in criminal activity. Rather than making the law fair for everyone these folks were only interested in making it fair for the select"disdavantaged" groups they championed. Similar to Michele Alexander's The New Jim Crow that only focused on the system's unfairness to blacks https://newjimcrow.com/

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Stanley Yelnats's avatar

Trump doing what congress (lower case c intentional) should do. Makes my blood boil that it will not be codified as it should.

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Curtis Stinespring's avatar

Very enlightening, Thanks!

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Robert C's avatar

How did we end up with so many "regulatory offenses" - geez

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Michelle Dostie's avatar

A new CFR publication is created annually, with new regulations with the force of law. Thanks for sharing the strict liability guideline. I suppose all citizens are required to read the new CFR yearly to avoid jail time.

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No's avatar

"The Tyranny of Small Laws" was how Ayn Rand described it.

“When you see that in order to produce, you need to obtain permission from men who produce nothing; when you see that money is flowing to those who deal not in goods, but in favors; when you see that men get rich more easily by graft than by work, and your laws no longer protect you against them, but protect them against you. . . you may know that your society is doomed.”

This is a great step back from the brink.

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Schmuckatelli's avatar

“Second” all the gun-toters to CBP or ICE

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Anne Sherman's avatar

Has there been any move to reduce the outlandish amount of ammunition purchased by the Obama administration for all these agencies?

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Dana Dickson's avatar

Good Article brother.

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Al Berstler's avatar

It occurs to me that the Marshall's service could be enhanced where agencies could draft an armed Marshall to effect an arrest rather than each agency having an armed force.

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Mike H's avatar

Great piece. For more reading on this topic I recommend "Overruled: The Human Toll of Too Much Law" by Justice Neil Gorsuch.

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Patrick Ryan's avatar

Great piece and remedial action by Trump.

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JDJAWS's avatar

Thanks, Ship. Good knowledge.

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