[PAR35]

You are assuming that we are a nation under the rule of law, which is no longer the case, and that the same rules apply to all people, which they don’t.

[Cboldt]

-- You are assuming that we are a nation under the rule of law ... --

We still are in some areas. And I totally agree that the laws are deliberately unevenly applied. This has always been the case. The privileged class gets a pass, as do "local dignitaries" for local offenses. But investigators posing as journalists will just use the evidence, they won't charge "you lied to a person who was posing as a journalist." Too easy to get out of that in court.

[Chad N. Freud]

"... assuming that we are a nation under the rule of law, which is no longer the case, and that the same rules apply to all people, which they don’t."

Well put.