which was (in part):
But I urge the committee to consider a couple of deeper, less obvious consequences, not just of passing a bill like this, but of even bringing it up for consideration. The first is that a bill like this undermines respect for the very rule of law itself. After all, if the legislature isn’t going to respect the limits placed on it by the NH Constitution, then why should individuals respect the limits placed on them by that legislature — whether regarding guns, or schools, or traffic laws, or anything else? If we’re going to disregard the big rules, why pay any attention to the smaller ones?
And if our feckless leaders think that following and respecting the Law is for little people, well, we can “right back at ‘cha”
Harry Reid admits to violating election law, but FEC won’t prosecute.
The Federal Election Commission, which considered legal action against former Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee for joking about fundraising, won’t punish Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid for admitting to violating an election law.
The reason: It’s not worth the effort.
The agency voted 4-0 against pursuing action after FEC lawyers wrote a four-page memo that said Reid’s fundraising committee admitted to failing to comply with an election law requirement, but that it wasn’t worth the time or money to prosecute.
But they clapped Dinesh D’Souza (a political documentarian who has gone after Hillary Clinton with his films) into jail for “failing to comply with an election law requirement” but then again, he was supporting a Republican.
(H/T: Instapundit)
