Sublime

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.

Harry’s behavior, like all crimes, is criminal not because it is a wrong against another person but because it is a wrong against the public good.

law—criminologists put

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.

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

no one should benefit from having waged aggressive war and lost.

an important qualification