"I am the Law"
-Judge Dredd
Continuing my alignment lists we come to Lawful Neutral, which represents one of two things: either a character who is more concerned with upholding order and obeying the rules than with being good or evil, or a character who is a part of some kind of organized system/hierarchy but is too morally gray to be definitively good or evil. Lawful Neutral characters tend to be most concerned with upholding the laws of the land and while they will likely prioritize a clear threat/evil over punishing a jaywalker, that doesn't mean they don't also want to catch the jaywalker if at all possible. A Lawful Neutral character would certainly oppose evildoers, but they would also be just as likely to oppose heroes who break the law, and are the not kind of people to be swayed by tears or coins.
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The source of the page quote, Judge Dredd is the PERSONIFICATION of this alignment, being most concerned with maintaining law and "order" in Mega-City One along with his fellow judges and not being terribly concerned with being a nice guy but also battling back genuinely evil forces and threats. Ergo, Lawful Neutral.
DC's resident champion of this alignment, being the angelic spirit of God's vengeance and more specifically dark judgment and divine retribution. He has no use for compassion, only for punishing evildoers. However he is also fair to a degree, as he does not harm the innocent.
The Strategic Homeland Intervention Espionage and Logistics Directive is a world-wide peacekeeping organization whose stated goal is to maintain peace and order around the globe, but at the same time they are not above indulging in some ethically sketchy and downright ruthless behavior. Not to mention that they have hindered the superheroes efforts nearly as often as they have aided them due to their not liking how most superheroes operate outside the law.
In his more morally ambiguous depictions.
Even moreso than most SHIELD agents, Maria Hill personifies this alignment, being totally, completely obsessed with maintaining order and taking her job so ridiculously seriously that she makes the no-nonsense Nick Fury look completely lax by comparison.
While the various villainous alternate depictions of Sable are Neutral Evil by virtue of being self-interested, ruthless mercenaries, finding an alignment for 616 Silver Sable was a tough call. I ultimately decided on this one because of her extreme patriotism and devotion to her home country of Symkaria and how she clearly respects it's authority and in many ways works for it by hunting down dangerous terrorists and nazi war criminals. Her code of honor and picking her targets carefully also lends further credence to the idea of her being Lawful, even if I have made clear that Lawful characters aren't the only ones with code of honor. Even so, I feel this is ultimately the best alignment choice for her. One might argue that her hunting down bad guys exclusively would make her good, but her coldness and at times ruthlessness make her lean more towards Neutral rather than Good.
Major SHIELD and Government operative who is usually depicted as being most interested in maintaining order and keeping her chosen nation secure. While I could probably say she's Lawful Good, some more gray depictions of the character slip more into this.
During the "Disassembled Era" (From Avengers Disassembled to Siege) where he became a self-righteous and occasionally fascistic jerk and also a jingoist government lapdog who fought and imprisoned his old friends. Not exactly the finest point in Tony's character history.
The modern version frequently turns into this due to all-too often being a self-righteous jerk, just like Iron Man. That's two big brains who got made unlikable.
Much like Reed and Tony, he becomes this whenever he's turned into a jerk.