On the latest “Sunday Special” episode, Daily Wire Editor Emeritus Ben Shapiro talked with Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch, who warned that the proliferation of complex laws and regulations is threatening Americans’ freedoms and undermining trust in government institutions.
Gorsuch told Shapiro that the U.S. Code has doubled in length since 1980, with Congress adding 2-3 million new words to federal laws annually. He noted that federal agencies have also been prolific, with conservative estimates putting the number of federal crimes buried in regulations at 300,000.
“And, of course, that’s just the tip of the iceberg. Our federal agencies have been busy, too. There are so many federal crimes now buried in those regulations adopted by agencies, not necessarily by Congress, that nobody knows how many there are,” he said.
Gorsuch emphasized the human toll of regulatory…
