the law is an ass

Proverb

 * 1) The law, as created by legislators or as administered by the justice system, cannot be relied upon to be sensible or fair.

Translations

 * Russian: зако́н — что ды́шло: куда́ повернёшь, туда́ и вы́шло (law is like a shaft of the cart^ goes wherever you turn it), в суде́ пра́вды нет (there's no truth in the court of law)