re: #291 John Hughes

Nope, nope, nopity nope.

I’ve struck through all of the irrelevant bits.

Kidnapping across a state line (and presumably over the US borders) is a Federal crime. But that does not mean it is not a state crime also.

Why do Americans know so little about their own legal system? Is it all televisions fault?

The Republican Party has spent all my life trying to undermine and underfinance education at both the secondary school and public university level, especially civics.

A person who doesn’t understand how government works is much easier to manipulate.