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Letter: Selective enforcement is too common

Kudos to the Daily Herald Editorial Board for their Jan. 19 opinion that selective adherence to laws pose a threat to our system. I am tired of hearing people say that they will not comply with a law or a regulation because they don't agree with it. They don't get to choose.

This includes states and municipalities that claim sanctuary status and county sheriffs that refuse to enforce the new Illinois law requiring assault weapon owners to register those guns. County sheriffs claim that the law is unconstitutional but it not within their purview to make that judgment. That is left to the courts to decide and until then, they should be required to uphold the law.

Unfortunately, this selective enforcement of laws is practiced all the way to the top law enforcement official in our government, Merrick Garland.

He has decided not to enforce the existing law that prohibits protesting in front of Supreme Court justices' homes, the result of which could have led to the murder of Justice Kavanaugh. This sorry state reminds me of the movie The Fugitive. Tommy Lee Jones plays a Deputy U.S. Marshall, who, when confronted by Harrison Ford claiming his innocence, says ..."I don't care." The meaning is that Jones has no say in guilt or innocence. His job is to carry out the law.

Keith Roberts

Bartlett

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