Andy Biggs: “Estimates range from 4,000 statutes to hundreds of thousands…”

“And right now, we literally cannot tell the American people how many federal crimes exist. I called the Congressional Research Service several years ago because I was interested in this. They said, we have no idea. Estimates range from 4,000 statutes to hundreds of thousands of criminalized regulations. But no one actually knows because Washington's never bothered to count them. This is the very definition of over criminalization.” (01:21–01:28)

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