Are you rich? You may go Are you poor? Off to jail!

One of the “benefits” of private enforcement is that Congress can pass a law that affects the rich and the poor alike with the assurance it will never be used against the rich because the poor can’t afford a lawyer to get the law enforced

“Americans realize that we have a lot of lawyers and that federal courts settle important controversies,” Zambrano says. “But I don’t think they realize that litigation is deliberately used by the state legislatures and Congress as a way to regulate misbehavior.”

Chapter One: They Don’t. Unless you’re poor.