IANAL, but 'Fiat justitia, ruat caelum' (Let justice be done even if the heaven falls) has been a principle of US and English law for centuries [1][2]. I suppo

IANAL, but 'Fiat justitia, ruat caelum' (Let justice be done even if the heaven falls) has been a principle of US and English law for centuries [1][2]. I suppose how people see this issue is tied to whether they think there is anything more important to civilization than 'maintaining confidence in the markets'. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiat_justitia_ruat_caelum http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiat_justitia_ruat_caelum [2] p.90 'Law, Liberty, and the Rule of Law', Flores, Himma.