Democrats' crusade to weaponize the criminal justice system to put their chief political opponent in jail escalated again Monday night, with the release of an indictment pursued by Georgia's Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis against former President Donald Trump.
The message couldn't be clearer: Republicans can do nothing right in the eyes of the justice system, and Democrats can do nothing wrong.
The use of the criminal justice system - the leveler on which the basic functions of a society depend - to turn that hypocrisy into arrest warrants is something else entirely.
A functioning justice system is a citizen's best peaceful defense of his liberty, assuring him that his lawful exercise of freedoms will be protected.
When the justice system forfeits citizens' trust, trust in the integrity of the republic itself goes with it.
If we no longer uphold equal justice under the law, we still have a country, but not the one we thought we had. As my colleague Joy Pullmann wrote a year ago, "A country that harshly prosecutes people or lets them off Scot-free based on their political affiliation is a banana republic. A two-tier justice system is not a justice system. Its purpose is not justice but population control."
A fair justice system isn't the first thing to crumble in a dying republic - there are plenty of warning signs - but it might be the hardest loss to come back from.
https://thefederalist.com/2023/08/15/when-the-justice-system-falls-apart-so-does-the-republic/
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