Turley Testifies on Over-Criminalization Before the House Judiciary Committee

House Judiciary Subcommittee Holds Hearing on Federal Criminal Code

The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Federal Government Surveillance holds a hearing at 2 p.m. ET. on May 7 to examine the impact and implications of the continuous expansion and complexity of the federal criminal code and regulatory regime. Witnesses: Brett Tolman, founder of the Tolman Group and a former assistant U.S. attorney for the District of Utah Jonathan Turley, professor at the George Washington University Law Center GianCarlo…

Turley Testifies on Over-Criminalization Before the House Judiciary Committee

Today, I will be testifying on the over-criminalization of federal law before the Subcommittee on Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Committee on the Judiciary. The testimony (linked below) is part of a hearing titled “Criminalizing America: The Growth of Federal Offenses and Regulatory Overreach.” The hearing is particularly meaningful for me because, exactly twenty-seven years ago, on May 7, 1998, I appeared in this very committee room …