03/25/2009
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"There are now about 4,500 federal criminal laws. And, there are about 300,000 federal regulations that impose federal criminal penalties, many of which lack any mens rea requirement."
"Unfortunately, Congress has increasingly resorted to criminalizing actions as the solution to various problems over the past several decades."
"I agree with you. But if there were trials--and in one case, there may have been, and in another there wasn't--that's for the court to determine."
"We gather today at a time when the Nation stands at a legal and political crossroad."