Something must be done, we are doing something, something has been done. That's one bias: legislator wielding law to solve every and all problems like they wou

Something must be done, we are doing something, something has been done. That's one bias: legislator wielding law to solve every and all problems like they would the proverbial hammer. Reinforced by the fact that they're public figures, surely they can't be caught doing nothing? A second, more pernicious possibility, is to make illegal stuff that is highly correlated with actual crimes, such that law enforcement can now arrest people for innocuous as a substitute for punishing them for the real thing. Think Al Capone being done for because of taxes of all things. A third, positively alarming possibility, is to facilitate arbitrary arrests. Probably wasn't the intent (it rarely is), but it does give ammunition to future governments or law enforcement, should they need to stifle, silence, or discourage political opposition.