The Worst Thing that Anybody Can Do to You is Take Away Your Freedom
How much danger does the federal government’s unprincipled, out-of-control body of criminal law pose to, say, the average American small-business person? Well, suppose you were a small-business...
View ArticleVIDEO: Gibson Guitar CEO Blasts Obama for Federal Raid, Persecution
Gibson Guitar is an American icon. Musicians ranging from blues legend B.B. King to rock stars with Led Zeppelin and Aerosmith have used its guitars. Today, however, the guitar maker is facing a...
View ArticleGibson Guitar Targeted as the Lacey Act Falls Flat in Nashville
In recent months, the U.S. government has dispatched heavily armed federal law enforcement officers to raid Gibson Guitar factories—American guitar factories!—in Tennessee for violations of the Lacey...
View ArticleHave You Been Negatively Affected by Regulatory Overreach? Tell Us About It
Stories are powerful. They help us relate to other individuals and communicate complex issues. They are an essential ingredient to making policy change in Washington. That’s why we’re asking for your...
View ArticleVIDEO: Months After Federal Raid, Gibson Guitar Still Faces No Charges
Armed federal agents raided Gibson Guitar’s Nashville headquarters in August, creating a national outcry over the high-profile persecution. But today, six months after the raid, the Department of...
View ArticleNew Crime, More Time: Are You A Foreign Outlaw?
As part of an ongoing series, Heritage’s Center for Legal and Judicial Studies identifies a “Bill of the Week” which impacts overcriminalization in America. Not every Bill of the Week represents an...
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Members of Congress Work to Rein In Overcriminalization in America
What do a legendary guitar maker and a lobster importer have in common? Both are alleged to have run afoul of the Lacey Act, one of the most egregious, overcriminalized statutes on the books. Now some...
View ArticleGibson Guitar: Settling Away Bad Publicity
It’s another August in Washington. It’s hot and humid. Most people not already at the beach are indoors watching the Olympics or in the water at a pool. The Redskins have started their preseason camp....
View ArticleDOJ 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 the fight due to bullying by Department of Justice (DOJ)...
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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 sat down with us to discuss Heritage’s...
View ArticleGibson Guitars: Forgotten Scandal?
Almost two years after Gibson Guitars was raided for violating an obscure law, Representative Marsha Blackburn (R–TN) is demanding a full explanation: The recent scandals surrounding this...
View ArticleSmall Business Caught in Big Government’s Net
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View Article“Help Make It Stop”: Victims Testify About How Overcriminalization Ruins Lives
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