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According to the positive law theory of justice, justice is conformity to the law. There is a hidden philosophical pitfall in this because it means whatever is legal ... justifies the use of coercive force on the part of the government to enforce the laws. Q: What happens if the legal system makes it legal to disenfranchise part of society (such as the Nuremberg Laws, or Jim crow laws, or the Missouri extermination order)? Q: If the law does it to any one minority segment of society what's to stop it from doing it to anyone else?

⁠— Armon Eaton