>"Look," he says, "I'm sorry for reminding you of this, but if we still had laws, the Mafia would be a criminal organization."

>"But we don't have laws," she says, "so it's just another chain."

The US president was basically bragging on live TV the other day about disregarding a 9-0 supreme court verdict against his administration.

Following laws is not exactly of the highest priority.

If you mean "how can it be legal?", I'm not sure that matters if there is no one around to enforce the laws.