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above the law
Idioms and Phrases
see under above suspicion .Example Sentences
For the organization's leaders, the president's reluctance to bring Abrego Garcia back to the U.S. is a power move to show the Trump administration believes itself to be above the law.
In a recent post on his Truth Social platform, Trump declared himself above the law like some type of Caesar or Napoleon.
The United States Supreme Court has given Trump sufficient reason to confidently make such a declaration when it deemed him outside and above the law and able to do whatever he wants as long as he claims the cover of “presidential acts.”
At the rally on Sunday she claimed the ruling was a "political decision", adding: "We are not asking to be above the law, but to not be below the law."
This is the same Supreme Court that said Trump had king-like power and that the president is above the law when it comes to inciting an insurrection.
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