What is crucial is there be laws.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
We want laws to be applied predictably.
A law is a law, and it has to be respected.
If we are to fulfill the promise of this great Nation that everybody in our society has equal access to the law, obviously having the resources to have access to the law is extremely important.
Laws must be clear, precise, and uniform for all citizens.
The laws that we adopt embody the values and mores of our constituents.
Laws are subordinate to custom.
Rule of law is the most important element in any civil society.
A corollary is that, when laws are out of touch with the people, those laws can and should be changed - from the most simple local regulations to the highest law of the land, our federal Constitution.
Law is vulnerable to the winds of intellectual or moral fashion, which it then validates as the commands of our most basic concept.
I think more important than law is the hearts of people.