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Originally Posted by Slon
Law and justice are not always the same thing. Is your position that which holds that the law is always morally right/just?
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A law doesn't need to be just. It only needs to be legitimate.
In this case:
The law is in accord with reason. It is both logical and rational to understand why a people would not want a symbol of their national soverignty subjugated to that of another.
The law is directed at the common good. It takes into account the rational assumptions advanced under the argument which supports that the law is in accord with reason.
The law was enacted by a legitimate ruling authority. Unless you care to prove that the government of the United States of America is illegitimate, a premis for which I doubt a rational argument can be made.
Therefore, the law itself is legitimate (
lex legalis), and worthy of enforcement.
You may not like it, and you may not consider it "just". But as a legitimate law to have to obey it.