Now that the parties have chosen their presidential candidates for the November elections, it’s time to take a closer look at their platforms. On the issue of overcriminalization, in particular, the ...

A myriad of problems are caused today by overcriminalization—the misuse and overuse of criminal law, which ensnares average citizens for committing acts that are not morally blameworthy and that most ...

John-Michael Seibler is a legal fellow in the Edwin Meese III Center for Legal and Judicial Studies at The Heritage Foundation. Some Louisianan children recently opened a lemonade stand and were ...

Republicans Are Standing Up to Sexual Misconduct — and Washington Should Pay Attention Do Conservatives Care to Have a Conscience? Audio By Carbonatix America might at long last be ready to stare into ...

On Thursday, for the first time, the word "overcriminalization" appeared in the body of a U.S. Supreme Court opinion. The word — which refers to the tendency to treat ordinary behaviors that ...

Mr. Chairman, Mr. Ranking Member, and other Members of Congress: Thank you for the opportunity to speak to you today about the modern-day phenomenon of overcriminalization, a term used to describe the ...

A Colorado federal court last week struck down another of Congress’s well-intentioned but poorly drafted criminal laws—a law that exemplifies some of the root problems of overcriminalization. In a ...

Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch criticized the expansion of federal criminal law during remarks on Friday, telling an audience in California that Americans’ liberties are at risk “when there’s a ...

The phenomenon of “overcriminalization” is a matter of concern to every company subject to scrutiny by U.S. regulatory and enforcement authorities. In public pronouncements, Department of Justice ...

Yellowstone is now criminally charging drone and other model aircraft operators who fly their devices in the park. Individuals who are criminally charged face six months in jail and fines of up to ...

Our country is in the midst of a crisis of criminality: At this very moment, more criminals are walking our streets than ever before. How is this possible, especially in light of the FBI’s latest ...

It will stare back, balefully. Furthermore, the radiating ripples from the nation’s overdue reconsideration of present practices may reach beyond matters of crime and punishment, to basic truths about ...