Rule of law, anyone?

Negotiated and reciprocal agreements between communities are vital to underpin any law

From Left to Right, from Liberal to Conservative, there is a touching faith in the rule of law as the answer to all of society’s problems. They may differ on what these rules ought to be, but they agree that the rule of law must prevail.

They are confusing something that is nice to have with something that is assumed to always work. The truth is that the rule of law cannot work in all circumstances, and there is no actual proof that it does so in reality. A few examples will prove that point.

Just last month, the US Supreme Court