&gt; benefit from common law, case precedent, jury nullification and all sorts of nice judicial perks.<p>for the right class of people. the same &quot;perks&quot; turn into something much more sinister for the &quot;wrong&quot; sort of people. whether those be blacks or browns. the point is to have one set of laws that applies logically to all situations and to all people equally. Adding that as a constraint will either make the laws much worse or much better.