Book Commercials & Misanthropic Observations

Today’s Snippet: The Rule of Law

I hear this term a lot- especially in Supreme court hearings and during presidential campaigns. I also heard it often when I was addicted to “the West Wing”. I’ve only stopped watching because I’ve seen them all, not cuz I was in any way tired of the show.

I just assumed it meant following the law as opposed to an Anarchic society, but it means so much more. It refers to the notion that rulers cannot arbitrarily change the laws governing their citizens and was a revolutionary concept when introduced by Hammurabi. This reminds me of the security we have in God.

And I am fully aware of how much I take this stability of law in the United States for granted. I don’t want to live in a society without rights of ownership or understandable rules of conduct.