Criminalizing civil collections — an update
As I wrote in September, I have been concerned about how the Virginia General Assembly has been changing the laws to allow criminal prosecutions over matters that are really just civil debt collections. The particular problem that I wrote about was a statute in Virginia — Va. Code §18.2-118 — that is being used by […]...
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Tort reformers are trashing the Constitution
Governor Rick Perry’s comments at a CNN-Tea Party debate were notable for the statements that he made about gutting the Seventh and Tenth Amendments. These comments are giving him both political and doctrinal trouble....
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