Dept. of Justice is selectively prosecuting Democrats

Scott Horton:

Today the editors of the nation’s leading newspaper look at the evidence, and dare to state the completely obvious:

One part of the Justice Department mess that requires more scrutiny is the growing evidence that the department may have singled out people for criminal prosecution to help Republicans win elections. The House Judiciary Committee has begun investigating several cases that raise serious questions. The panel should determine what role politics played in all of them.

Putting political opponents in jail is the sort of thing that happens in third-world dictatorships.

…Today, former Governor Don Siegelman is a political prisoner. It’s as simple as that. …There is another very worrisome fact. Siegelman is just one case. It’s looking increasingly obvious that there have been dozens of such corrupt prosecutions, and that a careful review needs to be made of the prosecutorial decision process in political cases.