Also, laws only matter when the outcome doesn't to the people in charge. Just because "the law is on your side" doesn't mean you'll win even if you could afford

Also, laws only matter when the outcome doesn't to the people in charge. Just because "the law is on your side" doesn't mean you'll win even if you could afford it, because laws don't magically rule on their own. It is judges, with all their pettiness and cravenness and nepotism, which rule.