article_snippet.sent: Look no further than Washington, which has spent the past century devising the most complicated — and nonsensical — criminal code known to man.
article_snippet.sent: The federal criminal code includes over 4,500 laws and counting, not to mention government regulations for which there are criminal penalties.
article_snippet.sent: The list of federal crimes is so long, so broad and so vague that you and I likely commit three felonies every day, unwittingly breaking numerous federal laws as we go about we daily business.
article_snippet.sent: And more generally, judges should be free to tailor judges rulings to the specific facts and details of the case -- and the person standing before judges.
article_snippet.sent: One-size-fits-all mandates and decrees from Washington -- from drug laws to civil asset forfeiture to no-knock warrants
article_snippet.sent: It's the same for police militarization, which has occurred in large part because Washington has supplied local agencies with weapons and tools that are inappropriate for use in local communities.