The fact that the government routinely threatens to "throw the book" at people, using various "vaguely worded" laws, to get them to plead guilty to crimes they

The fact that the government routinely threatens to "throw the book" at people, using various "vaguely worded" laws, to get them to plead guilty to crimes they may or may not have committed (without their time in court) is a prime reason why those laws are bad. > We believe you had drugs on you, even though we couldn't find them. We also see you play World of Warcraft and that you're used the in game auction house to sell your items for in game money to other players. If you don't please guilty to the drug charge, we're going to hit you with 1,000+ counts of of violations of the IBCSP (or whatever this law is called); you'd be looking at 1,000 years in prison and a 1,000,0000$ fine, minimum. The US government _does_ things like that. And, as such (because they have shown they cannot be trusted to act in the spirit of the law), we need to limit what powers we give them. I find it astonishing that anyone doesn't realize this.