Equal Justice, They Said -
Victor Davis Hanson - American Greatness
"What once distinguished the United States from illiberal regimes following the Orwellian mantra “some are more equal than others” was
the hallowed American idea of “equal justice under the law....Does it still exist in Joe Biden’s America?
In many ways, no—due both to state and private vendettas as well as state efforts
to destroy rather than merely defeat political opponents.- Is the law equally applied at the border?
Ask yourself whether you are more likely to be hounded by the federal government for not being vaccinated if you are a citizen in the U.S. military, or illegally violating federal immigration law as you storm the southern border?...
- What tradition of Western jurisprudence allows violent criminals in America’s largest cities to be released upon booking? What law states they are instantly free to commit more crimes without worry of incarceration or punishment, while those accused of illegally parading sit in jail for years awaiting charges?
- Is it a greater crime in this republic to walk peacefully through an open door into the Capitol, as at least some who were charged as a result of January 6 did, or to beat to near death an innocent bystander as many do who are released after arrest? As far as that reprehensible, buffoonish January 6 riot, compare the treatment accorded to those hundreds—many guilty of “illegally parading or “demonstrating in the Capitol”—with some 14,000 who were arrested in 120 days of rioting, looting, arson, assault, and murder during the spring and summer 2020 riots.
Did the FBI spend over a year tracking down the names of those known from videos who torched federal buildings, murdered those in the street, sought to storm the White House grounds, and set up no-go zones in downtowns?..."
