Law 101: Everything You Need to Know About American Law, Fifth Edition

In dealing with these cases, we are in the awkward but frequent situation of having created a policy (here formality) to prevent injustice but knowing that strictly applying the policy will cause injustice.

Nonsense. Law is made by people, and “the law” or “the precedents” never control anything; we control them.

Recall that property is not a relationship between people and things but among people.

Any state or federal law on any topic—contracts, criminal punishment, campaign contributions, or public schools—that conflicts with the Constitution is invalid.