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Maybe I'm still not getting this - there is always going to be selective application of the law. Always. There has never been an exception in the history of the world. In Chicago, that's referred to "clout", and the rest of the country seems to have adopted the concept pretty well. If you are connected to the right people, some laws won't apply to you in some circumstances.
The pornography industry is a great example. It was a big deal to the Reagan administration (as seen by the tome that is the Meese Report), and they enforced the federal obsenity statutes, at least in the first term. After that, the will sort of petered out (no pun intended) and it hasn't been until GW Bush that any systematic effort has been made to reign porn in. Part of that is the money that's been changing hands, and it's one of the most profitable US-based industries going.
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