@realcaseyrollins @Phil i do care about the rule of law. and its application by human institutions under principles of fairness and equity. it is the law, in the United States, that you can break the law and mount an affirmative defense as to why under particular and exigent circumstances it was the right thing to do, for example. it is the law that a jury needn’t convict. good law is goes beyond did she or didn’t she, or to what category does she belong? mens rea is a principle of law.