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If any doubts remain that Benjamin Netanyahu aims to transform Israel into an authoritarian state, where the prime minister is above the law and dissent is presumed subversive, an eight-page affidavit submitted to the country’s supreme court this week should dispel them.
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Gershom Gorenberg, The Atlantic, 25 Apr. 2025
Nobody is above the law include the president of these United States.
—Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Apr. 2025
As the Trump administration fights the onslaught of lawsuits against its executive orders and other actions, the Justice Department’s lawyers are arguing that the administration’s actions are legal, rather than that the president is above the law.
—Mattathias Schwartz, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2025
Does Boston's Mayor Michelle Wu think these pedophiles are above the law?
—David Faris, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Apr. 2025
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Gershom Gorenberg, The Atlantic, 25 Apr. 2025
Nobody is above the law include the president of these United States.
—Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Apr. 2025
As the Trump administration fights the onslaught of lawsuits against its executive orders and other actions, the Justice Department’s lawyers are arguing that the administration’s actions are legal, rather than that the president is above the law.
—Mattathias Schwartz, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2025
Does Boston's Mayor Michelle Wu think these pedophiles are above the law?
—David Faris, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Apr. 2025
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“Above the law.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/above%20the%20law. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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