> Edit: also, for the historians, it's absolutely stunning how little power the legal system has. For historians (and political scientists, for similar reasons

> Edit: also, for the historians, it's absolutely stunning how little power the legal system has. For historians (and political scientists, for similar reasons), it is not stunning at all. It might be stunning for other people, but people who study history are likely to be very aware that the legal system isn’t magic and is ultimately only a notional agreement about what society will tolerate which has only the weight that people refusing to tolerate violations gives it.