The Constitution: Model, Resource, or Outlier?
The United States Constitution is the oldest written constitution still in use. A little more than 225 years ago, there was a meeting of the… Read More
Articles by Daniel Dew
Senator Rand Paul Gets It Right on Overcriminalization
Apparently, Members of Congress have not been reading our Overcriminalization blogs. How do we know this? Because the International Fisheries Stewardship and Enforcement Act (IFSEA)… Read More
INTERVIEW: Heritage’s Robert Alt on Overcriminalization
Robert Alt is director of the Rule of Law Programs and senior legal fellow at The Heritage Foundation’s Center for Legal and Judicial Studies. He… Read More
Progressives Want to Send Innocent People to Jail…to Set an Example?
Should society throw people into jail who admittedly did nothing blameworthy just to set an example for others? That is exactly what the Center for… Read More
Government Agencies Using Criminal Law for Self-Promotion
In a prior Foundry post, we highlighted the egregious misconduct of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Office of Legal Enforcement in the prosecution… Read More
Save the Whales NOAA
Nancy Black is a marine biologist who has dedicated her life to the preservation and study of whales. National Geographic and PBS have featured her… Read More
Is Dropping a Banana Peel a Crime?
Can a person be convicted of a felony for ordinary negligence? Surprisingly, yes. Today there are a number of statutes and regulations that make ordinary… Read More
DOJ Bullies Gibson into Submission: Will Congress Allow This to Happen Again?
The Heritage Foundation has been writing about the problems that Gibson Guitar has faced for a long while now. Sadly, Gibson has bowed out of… Read More
When It Rains in Oregon, the State Owns the Raindrops
Who owns the rain? That sounds like a silly question, but the answer may surprise you. If you live in Oregon, Oregon does. So what… Read More
Inappropriate for Appropriations Bills (and Other Bills, Too)
This session, Congress has consistently increased criminal penalties through legislation. In what type of bills are they doing it? In appropriations bills, of course. Where… Read More
