Claim: "Just on Jan. 1 of this year, there were 40,000 new laws put on the books in one day."
Fact-check: Ron Paul says 40,000 new laws were "put on the books" on the first day of 2012
Verdict: false
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: Meghan Ashford-Grooms
Date published: 2012-04-27T00:00:00