What Happens When You Put a Guy in Jail and Run a Presidential Campaign?

Richard Epstein: I think that unless there's a really manifest and strong case, you just steer clear of trying to use the criminal system as a way to influence presidential elections. The dangers of this particular situation is it can go both ways and very quickly, he says. Epstein: Once one party breaks the implicit norms against these kinds of cases, the other will be tempted to do the same thing.