Many people want to reform the criminal justice system, ranging from Edwin Meese III to Rep. Ayanna Pressley. There are at least 4,500 federal crimes and tens of thousands more associated with regulations. How should they be reformed? A libertarian answer is this: With a chainsaw. Only 3 federal crimes are recognized by the Constitution: Piracy, counterfeiting and treason. Eliminate all the rest. Abolish them. All these crimes have been read into the document via loose clauses like the commerce clause and the necessary and proper clause. Who cares what these big government rationales are? The fact is that a … Continue reading Keep 3 Federal Crimes and Abolish The Rest