The oppression in the US appears to be on the procedural side of things rather than the laws themselves. The impression I often get is that in the US the enfor

The oppression in the US appears to be on the procedural side of things rather than the laws themselves. The impression I often get is that in the US the enforcement of such laws is rather more capricious and hard to predict than in Europe. I think what most Europeans find difficult to understand is quite how partisan the US system is and how little support is available for those caught up in legal difficulties of this kind. Just my impression of course, but impression seems to be what a lot of it is about.