'Legality' of some actions is not a Sacred Cow. A lot of essential freedoms we now take for granted were once illegal.
As famous quote goes, 'Slavery, Apartheid and Holocaust were legal'
As famous quote goes, 'Slavery, Apartheid and Holocaust were legal'
> (imitating a woman defending ridiculous divorce settlements): "That's what the law says!"
> (himself): "A hundred years ago I could beat you with a mop handle, that's what the law said! Doesn't make it right!"