My, you're quite the innocent, aren't you?
Yeah, our legislators were busy taking care of the oil drilling problem, and the Alternative Minimum Tax problem.
Oh, and the really important thing - whether or not Roger Clemens used steroids.
The laws are in place to squash free men and women. Why do you think the government spent $40 million plus proving that Clinton committed perjury, obstructed justice and tampered with witnesses, and not a damn thing happened to him? Hmmmmmmmmm?
The Big Book of Laws is racing to catch up with the Big Book of the Tax Code, which is unintelligible even to those "enforcing" it.
You have to understand that these government prosecutors have blank checkbooks and a bottomless pit of OUR money to enforce these ever-proliferating laws. Be very afraid.
It seems you are suggesting that legislators should not pass any laws to protect citizens. Is that really your contention? Or do you think that some laws (like laws against murder) are okay, while others, like laws against electronic harassment and stalking, are not okay? Your point is unclear.