Problem is there’s no such thing as immutable rules unless you’re talking about the laws of physics. Any system only exists because the (sum of the) people in it allow it to exist. Laws only matter because there’s the hard power of force backing the soft power of the courts and branches of government. The unfortunate truth of this reality is that might does indeed make right, not so much in a moral sense but in a “what are you doing to do about it?” sense.