A government that doesn't adhere to a consistent framework of rules and laws ultimately devolves into some fashion of personalist dictatorship. Now, laws should

A government that doesn't adhere to a consistent framework of rules and laws ultimately devolves into some fashion of personalist dictatorship. Now, laws should not be set in stone and governance can be made more permissive to afford a lot of personal discretion to elected leaders, and maybe they should be, but ignoring the legal constraints that exist today is basically arguing that might makes right.