Joe, since you fail to grasp the concept based on the reality of the situation, I will use an analogy to explain. Analogies are always imperfect and I doubt you will understand this one but in this case it will help others visualize how stupid you are.
First of all the comment you could not grasp, despite your belief otherwise. I fully stand by it.
Imagine you need to drive a nail 51% of the way into a piece of wood.
Now imagine two scenarios:
1 Someone has already driven the nail 99% into the wood. They've already done all of the work.
2 Someone has attempted to drive the nail and failed. So you must start over.
Which situation is more difficult? (It's not 1)
You cannot possibly believe that if Rittenhouse had been convicted a civil case would be difficult to win do you?
Cheer up Joe, not every lawyer can be a Perry Mason. Even though you're at the bottom of the class, you're still a lawyer.
I never disputed your comment #16 which your citations back up.