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  2. Sotomayor's dissent: A president should not be a 'king above ...

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    In an unsparing dissent, Justice Sonia Sotomayor said the Supreme Court allowed a president to become a “king above the law” in its ruling that limited the scope of criminal charges against ...

  3. Opinion - No one is above the law — except Trump - AOL

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    No law says only MAGA supporters can prosecute their own. ... not the people. Not today. We have said we are a government of laws, not men. We have said that no one is above the law. Justice must ...

  4. US Supreme Court liberals lament ruling making the president ...

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    The president of the United States has been elevated to the status of "a king above the law." The occupant of the White House may order assassinations of political rivals without fear of ...

  5. Law - Wikipedia

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    In The Concept of Law, H. L. A. Hart argued that law is a "system of rules"; [35] John Austin said law was "the command of a sovereign, backed by the threat of a sanction"; [36] Ronald Dworkin describes law as an "interpretive concept" to achieve justice in his text titled Law's Empire; [37] and Joseph Raz argues law is an "authority" to ...

  6. Rule according to higher law - Wikipedia

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    The idea of a law of ultimate justice over and above the momentary law of the state—a higher law—was first introduced into post-Roman Europe by the Catholic canon law jurists. [3] "Higher law" can be interpreted in this context as the divine or natural law or basic legal values, established in the international law—the choice depending on ...

  7. Everything which is not forbidden is allowed - Wikipedia

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    The Czech constitution, Article 2, paragraphs 2 and 3, respectively read: [5] (2) The power of the state serves all citizens and can be only applied in cases, under limitations and through uses specified by a law. (3) Every citizen can do anything that is not forbidden by the law, and no one can be forced to do anything that is not required by ...

  8. No one is above the law — not Donald Trump and not ... - AOL

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    No one is above the law in this country, not even the president. ... Aug. 13, 2023. We’ve never been perfect, but if this happens, what the United States has stood for since 1776 — rule by law ...

  9. Rule of law - Wikipedia

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    [2] [3] [4] It is sometimes stated simply as "no one is above the law" or "all are equal before the law". According to Encyclopædia Britannica , it is defined as "the mechanism, process, institution, practice, or norm that supports the equality of all citizens before the law, secures a nonarbitrary form of government, and more generally ...