In the 1950s, leftists helped spur a backlash against Sen. Joseph McCarthy by highlighting cases of innocent persons who lost their jobs as a result of his baseless accusations. Vastly more persons have lost their livelihoods as a result of federal prohibitions imposed on landowners with the flimsiest of legal pretexts. Apparently, owning land is a surer proof of guilt than being a member of a Communist front group. The increase in federal power is now practically on automatic pilot. The laws are so expansive and the bureaucrats so ambitious that they simply squeeze a little more power out each year.
Absurdity is no longer a barrier to the growth of Leviathan.
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in March sued United Parcel Service for refusing to hire one-eyed drivers for its big trucks. Don't assume that people with one eye cannot drive. Yet, the National Transportation Safety Board prohibits one-eyed drivers from driving any truck weighing more than 10,000 pounds. The EEOC is also bailing out nightclub comics with its new mandate for employment rights of the mentally ill. The Americans with Disabilities Act continues its burlesque act of uncommon sense in other ways.