How to Use rule of law in a Sentence

rule of law

noun phrase

• And suddenly there is this real clash between rule of law, or the story the institution wants to tell the world, versus where the rank and file is.
  — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 7 Aug. 2024
• 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
• 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
• 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
• The attack showcased deep distrust in the government and the rule of law.
  — Alan Rappeport, New York Times, 2 Aug. 2023
• 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
• 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
• Biden accused Trump of seeking to undermine the rule of law.
  — Fritz Farrow, ABC News, 6 June 2024
• 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
• 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
• Who honors the rule of law instead of trying to bend it to his own will, and rallies the world to fight for democracy and freedom.
  — Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 June 2024
• The Supreme Court is widely seen as an institution that upholds civil rights and the rule of law.
  — Shira Rubin and Steve Hendrix The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 24 July 2023
• What rule of law is there in a country where justice is used by the military to repress people?
  — Baba Ahmed, ajc, 18 June 2023
• The rule of law has largely collapsed: Last month, a 13-year-old girl and her father, a voodoo priest, were killed with machetes by gang members.
  — Declan Walsh, New York Times, 1 Mar. 2024
• India and Turkey ride roughshod over the rule of law daily with impunity.
  — Melik Kaylan, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2024
• But part of the promise of the rule of law is that the laws themselves will be reasonable, and consistently applied.
  — Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 9 Mar. 2024
• The rule of law rather than the rule of Man (referring to kings and dictators) was the path chosen and defended, until now.
  — Dean Minnich, Baltimore Sun, 14 Apr. 2024
• The weaponization of the legal system to advance a political agenda turns the rule of law on its head.
  — Naomi Lim, Washington Examiner, 2 Apr. 2023
• That would undermine both electoral politics and the rule of law.
  — The Editors, National Review, 2 Aug. 2023

Last Updated: 7 Sep 2024