above the law

idiom

: not required to obey the law
No one is above the law.

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If any doubts remain that Benjamin Netanyahu aims to transform Israel into an authoritarian state, where the prime minister is above the law and dissent is presumed subversive, an eight-page affidavit submitted to the country’s supreme court this week should dispel them. Gershom Gorenberg, The Atlantic, 25 Apr. 2025 Nobody is above the law include the president of these United States. Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Apr. 2025 As the Trump administration fights the onslaught of lawsuits against its executive orders and other actions, the Justice Department’s lawyers are arguing that the administration’s actions are legal, rather than that the president is above the law. Mattathias Schwartz, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2025 Does Boston's Mayor Michelle Wu think these pedophiles are above the law? David Faris, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for above the law

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“Above the law.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/above%20the%20law. Accessed 2 May. 2025.

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