Rod Dreher on Sullivan’s pot bust

I think Rod has the most eloquent take on Andrew Sullivan’s recent brush with the law:

Do I think it would be unjust to keep Andrew Sullivan from becoming an American citizen because he was arrested for possessing a small amount of marijuana? Yes I do, and at a certain level I’m glad this pot bust won’t be counted against him. But I am more troubled by the idea that a famous and well-connected person received special treatment in a criminal matter, for no apparent reason other than he’s famous and well-connected. I look forward to Sullivan’s account of this matter. … I’m not sure how he is going to continue to argue that US personnel who arguably tortured detainees should be held to the law, regardless of their subjective circumstances, given how he got off scot-free because the US Attorney declined to apply the law to him in a circumstance under which he (the US Attorney) routinely applies it to others.

I agree with Rod that expelling someone from the country for smoking pot is probably unjust. But I also think that the well-connected and wealthy using said wealth and connections to circumvent laws that adversely affect others is even more unjust. Sullivan posted a couple of stories about the bust on his blog without commenting further, which I think is pretty weak on his part. We’ll see what he has to say for himself once the attendant legal issues clear up.