"Any partisan retributive action, such as the discriminatory treatment of elected officials, or threats or actions to withhold funding for government programs, would constitute further unconstitutional action that would require redress.”

Source: https://rapidcityjournal.com/partners/ap/national/ousted-black-lawmaker-could-soon-return-to-tennessee-house/article_cd618380-e993-5569-b28c-0ee0ba779f99.html

In fashionable academic jargon, this is simply a form of retributive justice against an illegitimate state built on stolen land.

Source: https://mosaicmagazine.com/response/israel-zionism/2023/10/hamass-messianic-violence/

More specifically, his by-the-book approach, which we instantly clock as cruel and unnecessary, falls under the umbrella of "retributive justice."

Source: https://www.slashfilm.com/1315752/the-walking-dead-dead-city-review/

Tajikistan’s confrontationist approach makes it an enemy of the Taliban and target of frequent retributive attacks by the Taliban using cadres of the “Tajik Taliban,” a moniker for the affiliated anti-Tajikistan extremist group, Jamaat Ansarullah (JA).

Source: https://thediplomat.com/2023/12/tajikistan-and-the-taliban-a-lone-voice-in-central-asia/