Paris Hilton and the Rule of Law

The unlikely focus of the most recent debate on the rule of law in America is the socialite cum media personality, Paris Hilton. The winsome Ms. Hilton was supposed to have begun serving a 23-day prison sentence (reduced from the original 45-days) for having violated U.S. laws on driving with a suspended license, the result of one too many DUI apprehensions. After serving five days in her own special cell isolated from the main prison population, she was released for a vague medical reason and was supposed to be held under house arrest for the duration of her sentence, wearing a leg tracking device so her whereabouts could be determined at all times. But she was immediately brought back to jail, bawling for the paparazzi, apparently due to the public outcry against the preferential treatment accorded the tearful Ms. Hilton.

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