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Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch has warned of the threat to public freedom from introducing too many federal laws.
During an interview on “Fox News Sunday,” Gorsuch said that there are too many federal laws on the books in the United States.
He argued that the sheer amount of laws “impair” Americans’ freedoms.
Host Shannon Bream said, “I think it will be eye-opening to the American people, the idea that so pretty much of our conduct is over-regulated and over-criminalized many cases.
“Apparently you and are committing felonies every day without possibly even knowing it.”
Gorsuch answered, “I think that might be true.
“Some professors say there are now so many federal laws on the books that every American over the age of 18 commits one felony a day.
“That’s happened in my lifetime.”
Gorsuch pointed out that from “1970 to the present we’ve seen maybe a doubling the number of federal crimes on the books.