Legal rulings and statutes, etc. are pretty far removed from the type of deductive logic that can be "openly defied" in the sense that busted math calculations

Legal rulings and statutes, etc. are pretty far removed from the type of deductive logic that can be "openly defied" in the sense that busted math calculations or if>then statements can be self-evidently wrong. For example, the case Olmstead v. U.S. was a big deal in the 20s when the Supreme Court said the fourth amendment protection for "persons, houses, papers, and effects" didn't apply to taps on telephone wires. I disagree with that result not because it "openly defies logic" but because my understanding of the underlying importance of privacy is at odds with those of the justices. That's not a dispute about logic, it's a disagreement about values.