Any act the new laws criminalize is effectively illegal already.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Volokh Conspiracy » Mayor Bloomberg’s gun show bill] Reference

Although how you get from "blame and guilt" to wanting to "criminalize" anything I'm not sure.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sound Politics: A Solid Speech, but the Policy Has to Work] Reference

Neither man, he said, wants to "criminalize" the personal decisions of women and their doctors.    From Wordnik.com.  [Potential Vice Presidential] Reference

Would legislation 'criminalize' organic or backyard farming?.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

Ominously, as part of its bid to "criminalize" Islamophobia, the OIC is seeking "deterrent punishments.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Canada Free Press] Reference

'criminalize' filesharing in a venue that demands that all uploads be accounted for.    From Wordnik.com.  [p2pnet news] Reference

'criminalize' gardeners; the bill focuses on ensuring the safety of food in interstate commerce.    From Wordnik.com.  [Seeing the Forest] Reference

The worst thing we could do is criminalize this war.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jan 25, 2009] Reference

They say the new plans would criminalize immigrants.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Apr 3, 2006] Reference

The bill would criminalize helping illegal immigrants.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Apr 10, 2006] Reference

She will try to overturn Roe v. Wade, and criminalize doctors.    From Wordnik.com.  [Stephanie Schriock: Cackle of Bad] Reference

He has to say he wants to criminalize abortion for abortionists.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Nov 28, 2007] Reference

I don't expect, nor am I calling on, the Democrats to criminalize abortion.    From Wordnik.com.  [Reducing Abortions] Reference

The government continues to increasingly criminalize immigration violations.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Media Consortium: Weekly Diaspora: Immigrants Abused, Denied Social Services in Broken Immigration System] Reference

I'll not go gently, blessing enemies, hating recrimination to criminalize hate.    From Wordnik.com.  [She tolled me] Reference

Blagojevich said the prosecution's case was an attempt to "criminalize politics.".    From Wordnik.com.  [McConnell mum on paying for tax cuts; Imam's wife: N.Y.C. project 'must go forward'; Blago 'serious' about comeback] Reference

Brigham said he was trying to make a point about a proposal to criminalize nudity.    From Wordnik.com.  [Seth Brigham Will Receive $10,000 From Boulder To Settle Suit Over Arrest For Addressing City Council In Boxers] Reference

And if Congress wants to criminalize physician-assisted suicide, it can do that, too.    From Wordnik.com.  [About Those Categories...] Reference

Changes in competition law would criminalize a wide range of currently legal conduct.    From Wordnik.com.  [Brussels' Antitrust Revolution] Reference

Senator Talent even wanted to criminalize the science that gives us a chance for hope.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Oct 22, 2006] Reference

"We're just seeking to clean up the city, not to criminalize their profession," he says.    From Wordnik.com.  [Art: Kings Of Spray] Reference

CROWLEY: Kunst is steamed over Clinton's support of the bill to criminalize flag burning.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Dec 15, 2005] Reference

This is the fifth legislative session where Missouri lawmakers have tried to criminalize SCNT.    From Wordnik.com.  [Stem-Cell Dilemmas] Reference

Two weeks ago, on "Meet the Press," he said he doesn't want to criminalize abortion for doctors.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Nov 28, 2007] Reference

These changes would criminalize a wide range of currently legal, and in some cases innocuous, conduct.    From Wordnik.com.  [Brussels' Antitrust Revolution] Reference

ROBERT SIEGEL, host: In Uganda, a bill to criminalize homosexuality is moving ahead in the legislature.    From Wordnik.com.  [U.S. Church Lends Help To Anti-Gay Ugandan Pastor] Reference

Last month Erdogan almost destroyed his country's EU chances with a misguided attempt to criminalize it.    From Wordnik.com.  [A GOOD EUROPEAN?] Reference

QUIJANO: But conservatives warn an investigation would effectively criminalize working for the government.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Mar 4, 2009] Reference

Since the recession started, bill after bill has been introduced trying to criminalize and dehumanize people.    From Wordnik.com.  [Randy Parraz: AZ-SEN: How to Beat John McCain] Reference

I write a lot about how certain elite (pundits, politicians) have made it their quest to criminalize poverty.    From Wordnik.com.  [Allison Kilkenny: Tea Party Favorite Continues Class War Against the Poor] Reference

As supplies have dwindled, hoarding has become a growing problem, despite government efforts to criminalize stockpiling.    From Wordnik.com.  [Thor Halvorssen: A Rotting Chicken in Every Pot: Venezuela's Disastrous Food Policy] Reference

But the British legislature, police and judiciary fail to protect the public and criminalize those who protect themselves.    From Wordnik.com.  [International Letters] Reference

"When you criminalize business for 70 years, you end up with businessmen who are criminals and criminals who are businessmen.".    From Wordnik.com.  [The Cold War Is Gone; the Thriller Lives On] Reference

After the Civil War, all of the Southern states passed a series of laws, which were designed primarily to criminalize black life.    From Wordnik.com.  [Slavery’s Last Chapter] Reference

Laws proposed by Congress, however, criminalize the sale of fetal tissue across state lines; state laws will have to do the rest.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Search For Limits] Reference

South Dakota could have become the first state to criminalize nearly every type of abortion, but a clear majority defeated the bill.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Nov 8, 2006] Reference