Are there any laws preventing United States LE from operating a market long term? Afterall, they would be facilitating a huge ammount of crime, assisting in delivering tons of drugs into our streets which have undoubtly caused some deaths, harboring a bunch of fraud and identity theft that is costing citizens untold amounts of money and trouble, all just to collect intel on dealers and buyers.
If LE was running Evo or Agora would it be illegal at all, or just a dick move?
Laws are for us plebs. LE doesn't have to follow laws. LE would find a way so that it wouldn't sound illegal before a judge if they were operating a market. They could also argue that they aren't necessarily supplying anything to anyone - they are just facilitating a marketplace where said people go to sell their wares, which is necessary for them to catch the bad guys. And its a dick move too.