US: The Judicial Problem

The main proponents of the idea of a judicial system that favors some and punishes others are the Republicans, who condemn the “preferential treatment” of Hunter Biden, President Joe Biden’s son.

The perception of law and order has been central to the United States since its beginnings, but what happens when this image dissolves into political, or politicized, scandals? When the consensus is that the “machine” or the government uses the judiciary to suit itself?

It’s a complicated idea. The main proponents of the idea of a judicial system that favors some and punishes others are the Republicans, who condemn the “preferential treatment” of Hunter Biden, President Joe Biden’s son, for offenses ranging from tax evasion two years in a row and possession of firearms while legally barred due to a drug addiction problem.

Biden, 53, is the proverbial “black sheep” of the Biden family, and although in recent years he has tried to reform, his sins are beginning to catch up with him, partly because of action by the authorities and partly because of pressure from Republican lawmakers eager to raise the profile of the younger Biden’s misdeeds for political advantage in the 2024 campaign.

Indeed, among the targets is his nearly decade-long relationship with an energy producer in Ukraine.

But simultaneously, the same people who criticize Biden’s alleged corruption are lashing out at the U.S. Justice Department and law enforcement agencies for what they see as unfair persecution of former President Donald Trump. After all, Trump only seized and tried to hide dozens of secret documents that should have stayed in the White House when he left; he has a complicated tax history in the state of New York, a reputation for sexual harassment, he pressured state officials in Georgia to alter the results of the presidential election, and appeared to encourage the assault on Capitol Hill on Jan. 6, 2021, when Congress certified the validity of the November 2020 election.

Details. Mere Details.

After all, say some of the Republican lawmakers now determined to find corruption in the Biden administration, the current president also had secret documents “misplaced” in his home from his time as Barack Obama’s vice president (2008-2016), although he handed them over without protesting or trying to hide them.

And There’s Probably More.

But that’s right. Investigations against Trump are, however, unjust products of political convenience because nothing in Trump’s history suggests that he might be capable of doing anything wrong. The more than 4,000 lawsuits he was involved in as a businessman are mere anecdotes and in no way a sign of his character or style.

The fact is that the United States is not the only country where the judicial system is under attack. The costs could be huge for the entire world.