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If I had to sign on to STUPID LINE X, I’d hide my head, EVEN IF paid a price.

[Cboldt]

Weird thing is that the "even if" phrase isn't necessary to make the point.

At any rate, no sense in taking an outcome-determined court of law seriously. They'll do what suits them, and there are enough precedents around (going both ways) that it is trivial to pick the ones that support the selected outcome.

All courts are outcome driven. Somethimes the outcome really does comport with the law, but the law does not drive the outcome.

[Ha Ha Thats Very Logical]

If I had to sign on to STUPID LINE X, I’d hide my head, EVEN IF paid a price.

No. It's "Even if I had to do it to get a fifth vote on my side, if I ever had to sign on to STUPID LINE X, I'd hide my head."