John Stossel on One Nation Under Arrest

Conn Carroll / July 22, 2010

In 1998, an American Bar Association task force estimated that there were over 3,000 federal criminal offenses scattered throughout the 50 titles of the United States Code. Just six years later, that number is estimated to be over 4,000.  If 4,000 seems like a high number consider the fact that there are then as many as 300,000 federal regulations that the federal government could use the criminal process to enforce. 300,000 rules you can face criminal charges for not following. How can anyone be sure they are not breaking the law? They can’t.

Last week, Heritage Foundation legal fellow Brian Walsh appeared on John Stossel’s Fox Business Network show to discuss his new book: One  Nation Under Arrest: How Crazy Laws, Rogue Prosecutors, and Activist Judges Threaten Your Liberty. Walsh recounts: (more…)