Killing the Constitution
In the last days of East Germany, when government officials detected that their power was unraveling, they ratcheted up enforcement of the…
In the last days of East Germany, when government officials detected that their power was unraveling, they ratcheted up enforcement of the nation’s reporting laws. The reporting laws made it a felony to know of a crime and fail to report it. It was also a crime to tell the person of whose crime you learned that you had done so. There was no right to privacy and there was no freedom of speech.
This Orwellian tangle resulted, of course, in many false reports of crimes. It also resulted in many prosecutions for failing to report crimes or for. . .
In the last days of East Germany, when government officials detected that their power was unraveling, they ratcheted up enforcement of the…
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