> The law is special because everyone has to obey it or face punishment. In theory, yes. In practice, not “everyone”, and very much not equally true of everyon

> The law is special because everyone has to obey it or face punishment. In theory, yes. In practice, not “everyone”, and very much not equally true of everyone to whom the law practically applies at all, even in the places which tout “equal protection of the laws” as a bedrock principle.