What is the rule of law? This fun video takes you on a trip through history that will help you understand the rule of law and how important it is to all of us.
Our founding fathers suffered the tyranny of the British King. What is tyranny, you may ask? Tyranny exists when an absolute ruler governs without limitations and is not subject to the laws that apply to everyone else. Tyranny is unjust, oppressive, and often cruel to the people who are governed.
So our founding fathers created a new kind of nation. One where tyranny is rejected, and the law of the people is supreme. The law rules, and not one single person.
They created a nation in which our courts ensure that no one is above the law, through the fair and equal application of the law to all.
Our founding fathers suffered the tyranny of the British King. What is tyranny, you may ask? Tyranny exists when an absolute ruler governs without limitations and is not subject to the laws that apply to everyone else. Tyranny is unjust, oppressive, and often cruel to the people who are governed.
So our founding fathers created a new kind of nation. One where tyranny is rejected, and the law of the people is supreme. The law rules, and not one single person.
They created a nation in which our courts ensure that no one is above the law, through the fair and equal application of the law to all.
“The Government of the United States has been emphatically termed a government of laws, and not of men.”
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