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Drug Czar Should Go
By Tim Lynch: "Voters are disgusted by the reckless spending of politicians in Washington. The backlash is coming, so policymakers are now scrambling to do something, or at least be seen as doing something, about the enormous federal debt. Now is a good time for Congress to abolish government agencies that are outdated, dysfunctional or just unnecessary.
"A prime candidate for abolition is the office of the so-called 'drug czar.'"
A Nation of "Criminals"
Cato VP Gene Healy looks at a current case being argued in the Supreme Court to discuss a larger issue affecting millions of Americans daily: overcriminalization. Current law defines as criminal an action that "deprive(s) another of the intangible right of honest services." Under such a vague law, Justice Antonin Scalia said that a dad taking a sick-day to go to a ballgame with his kid could be deemed a criminal. The Court case opens a can of worms regarding a legal system that seeks to hold society in check by slapping laws in place, far overreaching the 3 kind of Federal crimes stated in the Constitution: treason, piracy, and counterfeiting. Healy states that reforming the overcriminalization problem may pose threats to political vitality, but makes the strong case that it's worth it.
'Thought Crimes' Bill Advances
Cato's new senior fellow, Nat Hentoff, takes a look at the recent passage of the Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act passed in the House of Representatives on April 29, and notes the bill's various violations of the U.S. Constitution, including the First, Fifth, and Fourteenth Amendments.
Ilya Shapiro: "Libel Tourism: The Next Front in the War on Terror"
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