> They are obviously aware that the law is inherently political... [yet this] in no way prevents people from simultaneously regarding the law as a body of defin

> They are obviously aware that the law is inherently political... [yet this] in no way prevents people from simultaneously regarding the law as a body of definite, politically neutral rules amenable to an impartial application which all citizens have a moral obligation to obey. Why should it? There's no law that says rigid absolutes can't come from chaos. Look at quantum mechanics: a bunch of seemingly random nanoscopic reactions come together to form an elegant predictable macroscopic world. And why can't it be neutral? If the Wisdom of the Crowd theory holds any weight (hint: it does) the misconceptions and biases of a large group of people should cancel out leaving us with the correct, or in this case most neutral, answer. Now, of course, there's no denying law is highly political for reasons that extend beyond Congress being highly political. That said, this is understood by most people. Did you know TRAP laws aren't actually designed to mark abortion clinics safer but to make abortions more difficult? So did everyone else that follows the issue!