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In my day, the president ruled with authority before the law, but now all that is lost.

This is a case if the President is permitted to be above the law, then we no longer have a republic.

That's an interesting question. I would say that in general Americans know very little about the law. It's one of those things that most of us take for granted.

Who to himself is law, no law doth need, offends no law, and is a king indeed.

This is why it's bad to run a country by executive order: because our nation runs on laws - when everyone knows the law, and everyone knows what it is, you know both the law and the consequence, and you get that.

Law professors like Obama tend to view the law as one means to an end, and others, like myself, tend to view it as the end itself.

The Law is the Law!

The rule of law in place of force, always basic to my thinking, now takes on a new relevance in a world where, if war is to go, only law can replace it.

Even when laws have been written down, they ought not always to remain unaltered.

There is a higher law than the Constitution.