above the law

idiom

: not required to obey the law

No one is above the law.

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Today’s verdict underscores that no one is above the law, including those sworn to uphold it. —

Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 4 Nov. 2024 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 The charge of domestic violence, especially as a second offense, is a serious matter, and no one is above the law. —

Christina Hall, Detroit Free Press, 29 Oct. 2024 Biden: My plan to reform the Supreme Court and ensure no president is above the law Earlier today Opinion|How the Supreme Court’s immunity ruling could really backfire July 25, 2024 Opinion|Libraries can help end the culture wars. —

Rick Hamlin, Washington Post, 29 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for above the law

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