"It's a sore-loser kind of move," Professor Spiro said. "If we can't win, we're not going to play."
Idiot. What does he think, we signed a blank check?
He is the type of person who would never survive a physical fight. The mentality that does not comprehend that the only LEGAL recourse at times is physical and the "paper law" is not all.
Law professors like that (like judges) have their entire validation wrapped up into believing that the law is above all. (they make god in their imagage too but that is another story) Above all as long as the outcome is leftward directed.