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above the law



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Idioms and Phrases

see under above suspicion .
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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.

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In a recent post on his Truth Social platform, Trump declared himself above the law like some type of Caesar or Napoleon.

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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.”

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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."

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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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