‘Trust Us’
Mar 11th, 2008 at 8:28 am by Susie
Scott Horton on the odds of the case against Spitzer being politically-motivated.
Sounds to me like a classic case of selective enforcement:
Enforcement discretion is the ability that executors of the law (such as police officers or administrative agencies, in some cases) have to select who they want to enforce laws against. The use of enforcement discretion in an arbitrary way is referred to as selective enforcement or selective prosecution.
Historically, selective enforcement is recognised as a sign of tyranny, and an abuse of power, because it violates Rule of Law, allowing men to apply justice only when they choose. Aside from this being inherently unjust, it almost inevitably must lead to favoritism and extortion, with those empowered to choose being able to help their friends, take bribes, and threaten those from whom they desire favors.
It’s funny (not) how McCain’s relationship with a lobbyist (or David Vitter’s diaper fetish) are off limits in the media and unexamined by the DOJ, but Spitzer is fair game.
If the DOJ (and/or media) is so interested in the intersection of politics and prostitution–it’s time to revisit Jeff Gannon.
did you see today’s Rude Pundit? He’s got a few words about Bruno specifically looking to bring him down. Hell yes, selective enforcement!
Yes it is. But Spitzer needs to go anyway — of all people, he would have known that he was breaking the law.
And it reaffirms my suspicions that W’s got blackmail material on Reid, Pelosi, et al. Wiretaps are so useful to tyrants.