The U.S. Army field manual defines "the rule of law" as follows:

[Ichingcarpenter]

"The rule of law refers to a principle of governance in which all persons, institutions and entities, public and private, including the State itself, are accountable to laws that are publicly promulgated, equally enforced, and independently adjudicated, and which are consistent with international human rights norms
and standards.

It requires, as well, measures to ensure adherence to the principles of supremacy of law, equality before the law, accountability to the law, fairness in the application of the law, separation of powers, participation in decision-making, legal certainty, avoidance of arbitrariness and procedural and legal transparency."

http://www.loc.gov/rr/frd/Military_Law/pdf/rule-of-law_2011.pdf


Drone Killings, secret courts, illegal NSA actions, CIA shit, Gitmo, drug laws......the list goes on and on which the definition no longer applies.



http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2014/07/how-america-fails-the-rule-of-law-test/374274/

[Octafish]

1. Except for those who are over it.

[Octafish]

2. Iran-Contra is one example of those who consider themselves above the law.

The local UAW cable channel broadcast that in 1990 or so...

[Fred Sanders]

3. The list is much much longer on the Republican side, where rule of law is the enemy, anyone

remember the trial of one Sgt. Bergdahl, rule of media, not rule of law?

[Dragonfli]

4. We no longer have the rule of law in this country

[font size="3"]Because there are too many that are completely above the law[/font]