\u201cAmish Farmer Sam Girod is in Jail. . . . \u00a0His Enemies Want Him there for Life\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
Are federal bureaucrats really so completely without discretion, so utterly incapable of knowing when not to call in the heavy artillery? \u00a0Have they no tool in their kit more subtle and nuanced than a meat cleaver?<\/p>\n
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Thanks to Gunnel Troberg for bringing this appalling case to my attention.<\/p>\n
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People wonder, sometimes, why I\u2019m so untrusting of governments, so reluctant to cede more power to the State.<\/p>\n
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