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[–]Hematomato 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

If memory serves, I don't think that was a research thing so much as a famous law professor's personal opinion.

But he may be right. Here's one crazy thing about our legal code: no one even really knows how many active laws there are. It's too big and too complicated to keep track of.

[–]Vulptex 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Which is convenient when the government wants to make someone a criminal. For instance, Donald J. Trump.