The list is long, so I’ll explain it in two parts, with part two coming later today.
By Elizabeth Nolan Brown reasonAugust 5, 2024.
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The Ugly Truth website also claims that there are “approximately 18,000 victims in the United States.” If we take this at face value (which is also questionable), Approximately 17% to 44% of U.S. trafficking victims I’m in San Diego County. These numbers seem completely fabricated… (italics in original)
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Local, national and even international media have made Bonta’s false accusation the subject of headlines: “14 Arrested in Anti-Human Trafficking Sting at Comic-Con,” NBC Reported“14 arrested in undercover sex trafficking operation at San Diego Comic-Con” Sky News said.
After reading a few paragraphs of Bonta’s writing, press releaseyou will see that No arrests for sex trafficking or labor exploitation The human trafficking sting resulted in the arrest of 14 people, all of whom were accused of trying to pay another adult to perform a sex act, but that other adult turned out to be an undercover police officer. (Italics in original)
By Jacob Salam reasonAugust 7, 2024.
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“The criminal law has expanded so rapidly to encompass so many previously innocent conduct that almost anyone can be arrested for something,” Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch said. Observed In 2019, Gorsuch expanded on this topic in a new book, arguing that the proliferation of criminal penalties has given prosecutors enormous power to ruin people’s lives, resulting in a near-total exchange Jury trial with plea bargaining.
“Some scholars estimate the number of federal statutory crimes at more than 5,000,” Gorsuch and co-author Janie Nitze wrote in the report. Rejected: Human suffering caused by excessive use of the lawOn the other hand, “According to estimates, at least 300,000 Federal Agency Regulations Carry Criminal Penalties.” The fact that neither figure is known with precision says a lot about the expansion of federal law.
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Even for experts, it’s difficult to keep track of all the laws, so we can’t expect to know exactly which acts are criminal, even if “fair notice” is a basic requirement of due process. Civil rights lawyer Harvey Silberglate writes: Suggested “The average busy professional in this country” likely commits “several federal crimes” every day without even knowing it.
DRH Note: I have read the book referenced. Three felonies in one dayand I don’t think Silverglate comes close to making that claim. He came up with a catchy title, but I don’t think his book lives up to it. Furthermore, every time I see this book referenced, the person referencing it claims that Silverglate is making that claim. He isn’t. I suspect the number of felonies per day is significantly less than the book’s title says.
By Emily Ekins Cato of FreedomAugust 7, 2024.
A newly released national survey of 2,000 Americans by the Cato Institute and conducted by YouGov found that two-thirds of Americans (66%) say global trade is good for the U.S. economy and 58% say it has helped improve living standards, which may explain why 63% of the public favors the U.S. expanding trade with other countries.
Three-quarters (75%) are concerned that tariffs will increase the prices of products they buy in stores. In fact, two-thirds (66%) of Americans would be opposed to paying even $10 more for a pair of jeans because of tariffs, even if the tariffs were meant to support U.S. jeans manufacturing.
By David J. Beer Cato of FreedomAugust 8, 2024.
Many people mistakenly believe that immigrants are essential to the illegal supply of fentanyl in the United States. But proponents of this view have not offered more than speculation to support it. New data obtained by the Cato Institute through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request casts doubt on this notion. According to the new data set, from 2019 to 2024, 80% of people arrested for fentanyl possession at border crossings were U.S. citizens.
The FOIA dataset contains individual records for each person encountered by authorities at U.S. border crossings and from whom fentanyl was seized. Figure 1 shows the nationality of individuals arrested for fentanyl possession from FY 2019 through FY 2024 (as of June). Overall, the dataset reveals that of the 9,473 individuals associated with fentanyl seizures, 7,598 were U.S. citizens (80.2%).
