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Equal Justice Under Law is the principle that government must treat all individuals and organizations equally, refraining from giving any legal support to discriminatory practices. Equal Justice Under Law requires that government never succumb to the temptation to reward unsuccessful businesses and individuals with special benefits or heap additional burdens on successful business, even if such interventions might make things more fair. Equal Justice Under Law requires equality of opportunity but not necessarily equality of outcome.

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It means, that under our system of law, Every citizen is treated and judged fairly, regardless of who they are.

Equal Justice Under Law is a free market principle. "Government must treat everyone equally; neither rewarding failure nor punishing success." The law cannot reward one person or industry by granting subsidies, special tax rates and/or regulations while dealing with other people or industries by completely different standards.

When governments intervene creating classes of people and businesses who enjoy special rights and privileges not enjoyed by everyone, it undermines the free market as well as introducing enormous moral hazard. The temptation to grant special rights and privileges to those who put politicians into office must be fought strenuously in every generation.

This is done by emphasizing the critical importance of Equal Justice Under Law.

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