Yet a senior Department of Justice official recently said that criminal charges could not be brought against big financial institutions, because experts tell him that to do so would damage the economy. In other words, equality before the law – a fundamental principle of American justice – has vanished.
但司法部的一位高级官员最近表示，不能对大型金融机构提起刑事诉讼，因为专家告诉他这样做有害于经济。换句话说，作为美国司法基石之一的法律面前人人平等原则已不复存在。