I simply said that it has no place in a court of law.
Aristotle said there are five ways to persuade someone to do your bidding. The first two are bribery and physical violence, which have repercusions of there own. The remaining three are ethos, pathos and logos, or ethics, emotions and logic.
Moral outrage is an emotional argument.
Point taken. But had we relied only on courts of law, who knows how long all the provisions of Dred Scott would have stayed in effect. You might still be less than a person.
There are other means to justice when the courts are unjust. Now is the time to use these means.