Steve Chapman on the new tobacco regulation bill: “When it gets in a mood to regulate, Congress doesn’t like to trouble itself with nuisances like the First Amendment.”
Chronicling the high cost of our legal system
by Walter Olson on June 24, 2009
Steve Chapman on the new tobacco regulation bill: “When it gets in a mood to regulate, Congress doesn’t like to trouble itself with nuisances like the First Amendment.”
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