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< p>In 1984, the perception was that too much disparity existed in the federal sentences being imposed. The solution, so it seemed, was to set up yet another independent federal agency, the United States Sentencing Commission, to promulgate guidelines for federal judges to follow. The goal was not only truth in sentencing, that is to [...]
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DC Dog Owners on a Tight Leash 17 May 2012, 9:05 pm
After having thus successively taken each member of the community in its powerful grasp and fashioned him at will, the supreme power then extends its arm over the whole community. It covers the surface of society with a network of small complicated rules, minute and uniform… -Alexis de Tocqueville, from “Democracy in America.” Getting a [...]Source: AFF Doublethink Online | Amanda Carey
Occupational licensing keeps out the competition 16 May 2012, 2:08 pm
In the Institute for Justice’s 20-plus years, we have challenged all manner of senseless occupational licensing schemes—from those restricting entry into fields like interior design to tax preparation as well as eyebrow threading and African hairbraiding—all the while showing how they keep ordinary Americans out of work at the behest of more politically powerful competitors. [...]Source: AFF Doublethink Online | Dick Carpenter and Lisa Knepper