Although federal overcriminalization grabs the headlines, rampant overcriminalization at the state level is an equally pernicious threat to liberty throughout the United States.
Incomprehensible Laws are No Laws at All
“I’m sorry, officer, I didn’t see the speed limit,” has never been a legitimate legal defense. We might say it when we get pulled over, hoping for leniency, but it’s never been a real excuse. Ignorantia juris non excusat: Ignorance of the law is no excuse. That’s a doctrine almost as old as laws themselves....