....In fact, it is an ideal demonstration since it literally would take only three good citizens to wake up Justice Souter and the other four on the court as to what a precarious position that they have put the rest of their fellow citizens in....
Yep. Ordinarily they'd (the townsfolk of Weare) be decent folks and wouldn't throw anyone out of their home despite the "law".
I've asked them to make an exception in this case.
In this case, I would have to say turnabout is fair play.