How to Use rule of law in a Sentence

rule of law

noun phrase
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  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Was this ghastly outcome for the Palestinians and Israel worth corrupting the rule of law in our own society?
    — Seyward Darby, Longreads, 9 Oct. 2024
  • The crowd that cheered Trump’s un-American vision of America showed that this cruel turn toward a desire to crush civil rights is here to stay, whether as rule of law or lurking just beneath the surface.
    — Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2024

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