Elections are supposed to be decided at the ballot box, not in the courtroom—unless you’re French or, in this country, a liberal.
What a judge in France has just done by disqualifying Marine Le Pen from running in that nation’s next presidential election is what Democrats dream of doing here.
The controversial populist was ahead in the polls, but now Le Pen isn’t even eligible to run, thanks to a court that found her guilty of using European Union funds to pay for political expenses.
She insists the spending was legitimate, but as things stand French voters won’t get to decide for themselves who’s right.
Americans might feel safe from this kind of lawfare—when New York County District Attorney Alvin Bragg went after President Donald Trump on campaign finance technicalities, he won his case but lost his gambit.
The nakedly political prosecution only…
