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To: Howie66
A Wall Street Journal article today reports on the erosion of a basic legal protection..

As Federal Crime List Grows, Threshold of Guilt Declines

Back in 1790, the first federal criminal law passed by Congress listed fewer than 20 federal crimes. Today there are an estimated 4,500 crimes in federal statutes, plus thousands more embedded in federal regulations, many of which have been added to the penal code since the 1970s.
5 posted on 09/28/2011 5:11:31 AM PDT by Vintage Freeper
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To: Vintage Freeper

“Mr. Wesley Mouch, please pick up the white courtesy phone....”


6 posted on 09/28/2011 5:15:11 AM PDT by andy58-in-nh (America does not need to be organized: it needs to be liberated.)
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To: Vintage Freeper

Yep.

Either we permit the Federal Government to keep expanding and further eroding OUR RIGHTS or we stand up and put a stop to it.

I know which I will go with.


7 posted on 09/28/2011 5:16:25 AM PDT by Howie66 (I can see November (2012) from my house.)
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