Americans worship the idol of "The Rule of Law".
The highest authority in America is The Law.
When push comes to shove, Americans always turn to The Law.
No matter how bad the law is, no substantial number of Americans will organize to break it.
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Currently 99% of the Fortune 500 and 80% of the church denominations and many of us individuals and small businesses are openly flaunting the immigration laws by aiding and abetting illegal immigration. Post Dred Scott Entire towns, counties and even entire states chose to disobey the "law of the land". There is organized resistance to support tax evasion (conveniently called tax avoidance). There are many other examples.