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Book

Bad law : ten popular laws that are ruining America

Call Number

  • 349.73 M9987 (CEN)

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Publication Information

New York : The New Press, 2025.

Physical Description

248 pages ; 23 cm

Summary

"A legal commentator and former litigator's argument for repealing ten laws he believes are making life worse for Americans"--

Contents

  • Why Isn't Everyone Registered to Vote?
  • How Did Immigrants Become "Illegal"?
  • Who Gave Away the Skies to the Airlines?
  • Why Do We Incarcerate So Many People?
  • Why Do We Protect Arms Dealers?
  • How Can You Murder Someone If You Didn't Kill Anybody?
  • Why Do We Give White Guys a License to Kill Black People?
  • Interlude : Why Is the Second Amendment So Violent and Stupid?
  • How Did They Fit the Federal Budgets Inside People's Wombs?
  • Why Can't We Say Gay?
  • Who Died and Put God in Charge of Our Laws?

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