above the law

idiom

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

Examples of above the law in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web And in some instances, oversight officials said, the unit’s own members appeared to be above the law. Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2024 The resignation and the subsequent reckoning challenged a core tenet of Nixon’s philosophy: that the President was above the law. Duncan Hosie / Made By History, TIME, 18 Sep. 2024 No one above the law This year, Americans face a new consequence of the pardon. Ken Hughes, The Conversation, 12 Sep. 2024 Brazil’s Supreme Court upheld a ban on X in the country Monday, with justices accusing Musk of consistently ignoring court orders and acting as if the company was above the law. Rocio Fabbro, Quartz, 3 Sep. 2024 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 5 Nov. 2024.

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