When justice fails, so does the republic.

Democrats’ Crusade to ​Weaponize the Criminal Justice System

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 indictment,​ targeting not just Trump but⁤ 18 ⁣of his ‍lawyers and advisers, is a clear message that if you’re a Republican, challenging⁤ election results — something Democrats have done after every GOP presidential victory this century — is now ⁢a criminal offense.

Biden’s ⁢Department of Justice Protecting Itself

Meanwhile, President Joe Biden’s Department ⁤of Justice is tripping over itself to insulate Biden and his⁤ son ⁣from scrutiny or criminal consequences for their apparent‍ scheme to get rich off of peddling American political ⁢influence ‍abroad.

The hacks at DOJ, by the ​way, also indicted Trump over a classified documents dispute, after raiding ​his⁣ house and‌ rifling through his wife’s closet. Soon after, Biden was found ⁤to have classified documents lying around ⁢in his ⁤garage, but‍ in his case,⁢ the feds are content to play nice. Oh,⁣ and Hillary Clinton also had a classified records scandal — in which her team destroyed emails and devices with BleachBit and‌ literal hammers — but enjoyed the protection ⁤of ⁣then-FBI Director James​ Comey.

Speaking of Hillary,⁣ her campaign shopped a ⁢fake⁢ dossier full of lies about Trump to the FBI, which media and intelligence agencies used to smear Trump as a⁢ Russian stooge during and after⁢ the 2016 election. FBI lawyer Kevin Clinesmith, the one person handed criminal punishment for the⁣ operation, got 12 months probation.

Oh, and Hillary was one ​of many, many Democrats who screeched for Donald Trump’s ⁣entire presidency that ⁢the 2016 ‌election was stolen and Trump’s win was illegitimate.

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Lest‍ you should think Trump is the only ‌example of the‌ double standard, remember that the DOJ raided the home of a pro-life pastor for pushing a threatening pro-abortion agitator away from his young son, while militant abortion ‍activists firebombed Christian pregnancy clinics. ⁤Recall how they charged a man with homicide for defending subway ​riders from a threatening ⁢vagrant, but do nothing to stop criminals who terrorize law-abiding citizens. Think about ‌the ongoing campaign to imprison anyone adjacent to a Republican protest that turned into a mob at ‍the U.S. Capitol in 2021, after letting left-wing protests descend into fiery riots across the country for‍ an entire summer. Excuse​ me, fiery but mostly peaceful ‍riots.

The message couldn’t be clearer: Republicans can do nothing right in the eyes of the ⁣justice system, and Democrats can do nothing wrong. We ⁤have a two-tiered justice⁣ system, and 4 in 5 Americans know it.

Problems of hypocrisy are another day’s work in politics. 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. There’s ⁢a reason four ⁤of the⁢ 10 ​ original‍ amendments the‌ founders‍ affixed to their newly minted Constitution regard the⁢ rights attendant to ​a ⁤fair trial. When the justice system forfeits citizens’ trust, trust in‍ the ‍integrity of the republic itself goes with it.

We don’t have real elections if candidates are jailed — or chilled by the threat of jail — to keep them​ from running. We don’t have⁣ real ‌legal ⁤recourse if DAs indict lawyers‍ until other lawyers become ⁢afraid to defend an ostracized client. For all Democrats’ pontificating about the rule of law, it doesn’t exist if it’s only applied and misapplied ⁢to half the country. 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. After ‍all, the law is supposed ⁢to be the authority​ to which Americans appeal when ​their ⁣rights are ⁤abused ​and trampled.​ What are they supposed to‍ do when the law and its enforcers are doling out the abuse?