A recipe for lawlessness
May 13, 2009 Posted by Paul at 4:48 PM
It's a fundamental principle of our legal system that cases are to be decided based on the facts and the law, not one's likes, dislikes, and sympathies. The rule of law depends on this principle, because people's likes, dislikes, and sympathies are idiosyncratic and thus unpredictable. And when legal outcomes become too unpredictable, the question of how to comply with the law becomes anyone's guess.
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