It doesn't
Its easy to pull out a legal argument if you fracture the governing laws, and use only the stuff that you like.
I'm sure that I could still own sex slaves if I pulled out segments of admirality law, international law, and outdated domestic laws.
But it wouldn't stand up to the law of the land.
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