How to Use above the law in a Sentence
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No one should be above the law.
—Niraj Warikoo, Freep.com, 13 Aug. 2025
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But no one should be above the law.
—Micah Kimball, Denver Post, 16 Oct. 2025
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And, again, no one is above the law.
—Tony Aiello, CBS News, 27 Mar. 2026
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No one is above the law in this country.
—Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2026
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That would send a clear message that no one is above the law.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 29 Nov. 2024
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And when a president acts above the law?
—Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 1 Apr. 2020
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No one, not even a president, is above the law, Democrats railed.
—BostonGlobe.com, 4 Apr. 2023
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In such a realm, the tenet that no one is above the law is a mere platitude, if not an inanity.
—Jeff Weiner, Orlando Sentinel, 15 Feb. 2023
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However, no one is above the law and that includes the chief of police.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 20 Feb. 2026
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In my administration, no one, in my view, no one is above the law.
—Jeff Pegues, CBS News, 14 Mar. 2023
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The truth will come out, and the public must be reminded in this moment that no one is above the law.
—Wcco Staff, CBS News, 9 Jan. 2026
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Texas Democrats said no one is above the law, even a former president, and pushed for calm.
—Joseph Morton, Dallas News, 30 Mar. 2023
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The president should not be above the law but rather be a model of observing it.
—Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 16 July 2024
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No one is above the law, and everyone has the right to a trial to prove innocence.
—Joshua Jamerson, WSJ, 31 Mar. 2023
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No one, including federal agents, is above the law.
—Christopher Cann, USA Today, 16 Jan. 2026
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What Jordan is saying with this hearing is that Trump is above the law.
—Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker, 19 Apr. 2023
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Today, our broken hearts have been lifted at the news that no one is above the law, not even royalty.
—Janelle Ash , Stephanie Nolasco , Ashley Papa, FOXNews.com, 23 Feb. 2026
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No one — no one is above the law, not even the president of the United States.
—Marina Watts, Peoplemag, 2 July 2024
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To many, the pardon suggested the president was above the law.
—Dan Rodricks, Baltimore Sun, 1 Nov. 2024
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The system was designed to ensure no person or entity would be above the law.
—Michael Jainchill, Hartford Courant, 31 Mar. 2024
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The justices must meet this moment and determine if a president is above the law.
—Claire B. Wofford, The Conversation, 24 June 2024
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Whatever happened to the political left’s cry that no one is above the law?
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 24 June 2025
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Because even Miss Manners will admit that etiquette is not above the law.
—Judith Martin, Sun Sentinel, 18 Jan. 2025
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The one conviction the delegates could all agree on was that the president must not be a monarch who stood above the law.
—Joseph J. Ellis, The Mercury News, 31 Oct. 2024
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On Thursday, the jury has concluded that nobody is above the law.
—Julian Zelizer, CNN, 31 Mar. 2023
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And in some instances, oversight officials said, the unit’s own members appeared to be above the law.
—Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2024
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But his days as a larger-than-life billionaire operating above the law may now be drawing to a close.
—David L. Stern, Washington Post, 17 Sep. 2023
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No one is above the law, regardless of profession or position.
—Christina Hall, Freep.com, 10 Oct. 2025
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In every use of official power, the President is now a king above the law.
—Kyler Alvord, Peoplemag, 1 July 2024
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That, too, seemed like a no-brainer at the time, and the court duly held that Clinton could not be treated as above the law.
—Noah Feldman, The Mercury News, 6 Mar. 2024
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