How to Use rule of law in a Sentence

rule of law

noun phrase
  • Has this process shaken your faith at all in the rule of law?
    Andrea Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 12 Feb. 2024
  • That is just as much a marker of a state where the rule of law has failed.
    New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 25 June 2024
  • What does the indictment mean for the rule of law in the United States?
    Seung Min Kim, Fortune, 31 Mar. 2023
  • What the hell is happening to the rule of law in this country?
    Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 27 Nov. 2024
  • Your attack on the rule of law and our democracy is the worst of it.
    Sarah Beth Hensley, ABC News, 30 Jan. 2024
  • No one? Are we headed for civil chaos and an end to the rule of law?
    Tj Hutchinson, The Denver Post, 14 June 2024
  • So much for his support for law enforcement and the rule of law.
    Dp Opinion, The Denver Post, 4 Feb. 2025
  • Nobody had a good answer, but the rule of law demands one.
    Barton Gellman, Washington Post, 30 July 2024
  • The attack showcased deep distrust in the government and the rule of law.
    Alan Rappeport, New York Times, 2 Aug. 2023
  • Nobody will protect your home and freedom when the rule of law is lost.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
  • That's who can run, that's who can fight law suits and avoid the rule of law, and that is what will destroy our country.
    Annabelle Timsit, Washington Post, 12 Oct. 2023
  • Maryland Democrats countered that the case was about upholding the rule of law.
    Jeff Barker, Baltimore Sun, 31 Mar. 2023
  • It’s put aside the rule of law and civil behavior in favor of shock troops.
    Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 31 July 2024
  • The granting of bail is a crucial first step to ensuring that the rule of law prevails.
    Mark Sappenfield, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Nov. 2023
  • Will the rule of law be superseded by the amount of business brought in by a company?
    Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 11 Feb. 2025
  • The precedents and courses of action were well-defined, and the rule of law on his side in ensuring the terms of the deal were kept.
    Nick Paton Walsh, CNN, 8 Mar. 2025
  • Biden accused Trump of seeking to undermine the rule of law.
    Fritz Farrow, ABC News, 6 June 2024
  • But once again, states and the courts have stepped up to affirm the rule of law and the values that hold us together as a nation.
    Dan Perry, Newsweek, 1 Mar. 2025
  • Or, at least, express some neutral statement about the importance of the rule of law?
    Prem Thakker, The New Republic, 31 Mar. 2023
  • But at some point, if the rule of law is eviscerated in that process, the whole system topples.
    Tori Otten, The New Republic, 31 Oct. 2023
  • Since its founding in 1969, the Chicago Council of Lawyers has acted to support the rule of law and to speak truth to power.
    Chicago Tribune, 20 Feb. 2025
  • Three principles guide the first The rule of law is one of the weight-bearing pillars of the American system.
    Heather Wilhelm, National Review, 25 July 2024
  • The democratic spirit and rule of law can still prevail.
    Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 13 July 2024
  • This is a guy who wants to appoint himself completely immune from the rule of law that applies to the rest of us.
    Nbc Universal, NBC News, 6 Aug. 2023
  • This could lead to a culture of corruption and abuse of power, where the ends justify the means and the rule of law is ignored.
    Steven Delco, Hartford Courant, 10 July 2024
  • That, Pech says, is indicative of the level of the threat Polish judicial reforms pose to the rule of law.
    Elisabeth Zerofsky, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2023
  • Their unity and uniforms signaled an allegiance to one man over the rule of law.
    Barbara McQuade, TIME, 29 May 2024
  • The case, which could drag on for months and whose outcome is far from clear, is likely to test the country’s institutions and the rule of law.
    James C. McKinley Jr. and, BostonGlobe.com, 31 Mar. 2023
  • Courts and judges play a central role in ensuring the rule of law, and they are composed of human beings.
    John Harrison, National Review, 25 July 2024
  • Hands-off approach Presidents typically have a more hands-off approach to the DOJ, in an effort to preserve the independence of the rule of law.
    Deepa Shivaram, NPR, 14 Mar. 2025

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