First off, there is no such thing as a "good law" or a "bad law". There are just laws! I know that many people believe that there are good and bad laws and the reason for this blog is try to set them straight.
I lived in Argentina and spent a lot of time in Chile before and after Salvador Allende became President of Chile. I went to some of his rallies and listened to some of his speeches. Before Allende took office, I discussed with my Chilean friends what I thought was going to happen when Allende took office and it was not good. What I did not understand was how significantly Chile could be changed and the short amount of time that it would take. My friends argued that Chile had the same balance of powers between the office of the President, the legislature and the courts that we have here in the USA. They were confident that Allende could not pass any new "bad" laws due to this balance. What we all did not understand was that by "selective" enforcement of the existing laws Allende could do about anything that he wanted. This is what Obama has done and I predicted it before he took office.
Just look at the situation with illegal immigrants? Millions have illegally crossed our borders and Obama has not enforced our laws to send them back. As Trump stated, we don't need anymore immigration laws. All we need is for the laws on the books to be enforced. It is that simple.
I know that there are cities or counties in the USA where the speeding laws are selectively enforced. We all know of cities where you have to be very careful not to speed and others where the police never bother you. This is and example of selective law enforcement and it has a very significant affect and undermines people's confidence in the law and law enforcement. We all know of cases where someone knows someone and thus is not arrested or fined. This whole business is just simple "cheating" and it is "cheating" all of us who follow the law or do not have friends in high places. If you want to break down unity within the society, all you have to do is for the authorities to selectively enforce the laws or give the impression that they are selectively enforcing the law.
Look at the Black community. They feel that the authorities are selectively enforcing the laws against them. I don't think that is true, but that is how they feel. As a result, much of the Black community has little respect for the law. If they feel other people are cheating, then why not them? It is clear that for those who the law is not enforced against like it. This is the case with most illegal immigrants who are not rounded up and sent back. Once the authorities stop enforcing the laws, it can be very difficult to once again start enforcing them. You know this is true. That is why illegal immigrants are so upset when Trump says that he is going to enforce the laws on the books. How can we win in this kind of situation?
There is only one way to win and that is to enforce all the laws equally. Notice that over the door on the Supreme Court there is Lady Justice with a balance and blind fold. Enforcement has to be blind too and that is what Trump is saying with slightly different words. It only took Allende about three years to totally screw up Chile and turn group after group against one another. That is what has been happening here and few can see it. The other side is that, now after about 30 years, Chile is finally getting back to normal. It has taken that long. It is like a house fire. It is easy and fast to start one, but very slow to put it out and rebuild. Obama might have had good intentions about selective enforcement of the laws, but he started a fire that will not be put out for many years, if ever.
PS---Most immigrants come to the USA from "bad" places, where the laws are selectively enforced. As a result, they don't see a problem with selective enforcement especially when it is finally in their favor. We have about 10 million illegals in the USA, but they also have a bunch of kids who were born here and are, thus, citizens. Most kids adopt the religion and political party of their parents so we now have a second generation who can vote who do not see a problem with selective enforcement of the law since it helped their parents. Like I said above, once a group gets used to not having to obey selective laws, it is very difficult to get them to ever respect "the rule of law". That is the problem we face. Remember, it took the military and over 25 years to put Chile back together after what Allende did!
I lived in Argentina and spent a lot of time in Chile before and after Salvador Allende became President of Chile. I went to some of his rallies and listened to some of his speeches. Before Allende took office, I discussed with my Chilean friends what I thought was going to happen when Allende took office and it was not good. What I did not understand was how significantly Chile could be changed and the short amount of time that it would take. My friends argued that Chile had the same balance of powers between the office of the President, the legislature and the courts that we have here in the USA. They were confident that Allende could not pass any new "bad" laws due to this balance. What we all did not understand was that by "selective" enforcement of the existing laws Allende could do about anything that he wanted. This is what Obama has done and I predicted it before he took office.
Just look at the situation with illegal immigrants? Millions have illegally crossed our borders and Obama has not enforced our laws to send them back. As Trump stated, we don't need anymore immigration laws. All we need is for the laws on the books to be enforced. It is that simple.
I know that there are cities or counties in the USA where the speeding laws are selectively enforced. We all know of cities where you have to be very careful not to speed and others where the police never bother you. This is and example of selective law enforcement and it has a very significant affect and undermines people's confidence in the law and law enforcement. We all know of cases where someone knows someone and thus is not arrested or fined. This whole business is just simple "cheating" and it is "cheating" all of us who follow the law or do not have friends in high places. If you want to break down unity within the society, all you have to do is for the authorities to selectively enforce the laws or give the impression that they are selectively enforcing the law.
Look at the Black community. They feel that the authorities are selectively enforcing the laws against them. I don't think that is true, but that is how they feel. As a result, much of the Black community has little respect for the law. If they feel other people are cheating, then why not them? It is clear that for those who the law is not enforced against like it. This is the case with most illegal immigrants who are not rounded up and sent back. Once the authorities stop enforcing the laws, it can be very difficult to once again start enforcing them. You know this is true. That is why illegal immigrants are so upset when Trump says that he is going to enforce the laws on the books. How can we win in this kind of situation?
There is only one way to win and that is to enforce all the laws equally. Notice that over the door on the Supreme Court there is Lady Justice with a balance and blind fold. Enforcement has to be blind too and that is what Trump is saying with slightly different words. It only took Allende about three years to totally screw up Chile and turn group after group against one another. That is what has been happening here and few can see it. The other side is that, now after about 30 years, Chile is finally getting back to normal. It has taken that long. It is like a house fire. It is easy and fast to start one, but very slow to put it out and rebuild. Obama might have had good intentions about selective enforcement of the laws, but he started a fire that will not be put out for many years, if ever.
PS---Most immigrants come to the USA from "bad" places, where the laws are selectively enforced. As a result, they don't see a problem with selective enforcement especially when it is finally in their favor. We have about 10 million illegals in the USA, but they also have a bunch of kids who were born here and are, thus, citizens. Most kids adopt the religion and political party of their parents so we now have a second generation who can vote who do not see a problem with selective enforcement of the law since it helped their parents. Like I said above, once a group gets used to not having to obey selective laws, it is very difficult to get them to ever respect "the rule of law". That is the problem we face. Remember, it took the military and over 25 years to put Chile back together after what Allende did!
