True, citing exceptions to specific laws does not indict the **system**: *"We
mean the entire legislative, executive, and judicial enterprise."*
However, the way the phrase,* "no one is above the law,"* is popularly used,
especially now and in the political context, it is not a systemic assertio
Sorry Russ, but *"Nobody should be above the law if the rule of law has any
meaning in a democratic society,"* is an absurd idea.
Assuming the US is a democratic society (in some sense), I would defy you to
find any existing law that does not have exceptions that place someone, in some
role or
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I don’t think that’s fair. It depends on the opp
I think that was Jochen that said it, not Russ. But your refutation is either a fallacy of ambiguity or composition. By
"the rule of law", we don't mean the rule of any particular law ... like a city statute against walking your
alligator down the street or whatever. We mean the entire legislati
Yes, it was me who argued that nobody should be above the law in democratic
societies. Is it justified to cheat the cheater, to lie to the liar? From a
moral perspective I would say perhaps yes, because it would mean to beat the
opponent with his own weapons.But would it be justified for a gover
