Would I be out of line here for suggesting that the old rule of contract/laws no longer apply?
Yes.
Really.
Want to tell that to the GM dealers whose franchises were cancelled for .... pick any ole political damn reason?
How about to the GM bondholders who were told to take what they were given during the bailout or get stuffed, when they should have been first to get theirs, so the unions got it instead?
Want to tell that to the banks who were ordered to take porkulus money, even when they said no?
I could go on, but that's enough.
So, tell me again, how the usual contract law applies anywhere now if the government decides it doesn't.