above the law

idiom

: not required to obey the law
No one is above the law.

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McIver thinks being a Member of Congress puts her above the law. Dan Gooding gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 May 2025 No one is above the law– except connected people who are Veteran political journalist can be reached at: peter.lucas@bostonherald.com. Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 19 May 2025 The discovery means that there are now seven surviving copies of the first document to effectively establish that no English monarch was above the law. Tessa Solomon For Artnews, Robb Report, 16 May 2025 The Magna Carta is a British constitutional document that put into writing the principle that the king and his government was not above the law, according to the United Kingdom's Parliament. Melina Khan, USA Today, 15 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for above the law

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“Above the law.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/above%20the%20law. Accessed 25 May. 2025.

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