The Justice Department’s proposed “anti-weaponization” fund is one of those ideas that sounds righteous in theory but politically combustible in practice. The basic claim behind it isn’t hard to understand: if federal agencies used government power to punish people for their politics, beliefs, speech, associations, or religious convictions, those people deserve more than a polite…
The Adams Case: A Justice System in Crisis
Another day, another political scandal—only this time, the story isn’t about corruption itself but about the disturbing way in which justice is being manipulated to serve political ends. The Justice Department’s decision to drop corruption charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams reeks of political favoritism, not because Adams is necessarily innocent or guilty,…