Top Ten Federal Laws That Hurt Everyday Americans

Forces ships between U.S. ports to be American-made and crewed. Translation? Higher prices for you in places like Puerto Rico, Hawaii, and Alaska.

Keeps cannabis listed next to heroin. Blocks medical research, clogs courts, and costs taxpayers billions.

Police can take your property without charging you with a crime. You then have to prove your own innocence to get it back.

Super-charges government surveillance. Say goodbye to Fourth Amendment privacy protections.

Criminalizes fixing your own gadgets or bypassing digital locks—even when it’s legal “fair use.” Bad for repair, bad for innovation.

Standardized testing mania. Teachers “teach to the test” instead of teaching kids.

Forces corn ethanol into gasoline. Drives up food prices and damages the environment—all while making gas more expensive.

Green-lit giant media mergers. Now a handful of corporations own nearly everything you watch, read, and listen to.

Mandatory minimums and “three strikes” laws exploded the prison population—especially for nonviolent crimes.

Federalized driver’s licenses and built a back-door national ID system. Bureaucracy + privacy erosion = headache for citizens.