above the law

"Obviously we're going to be looking at past practices, and I don't believe that anybody is above the law, " Obama said in January.

Sentencing Katsav - the first former Israeli head of state to be jailed - the judges told him no-one was above the law.

The pictures served as a graphic corroboration of the popular view that officers consider themselves to be above the law.

Often, as used to be the case in the West, the powerful are used to being above the law, and children who complain of abuse are disbelieved.

That mentor might have avoided reprimand or criminal charges, proving they are above the law.

"It is a message the Chinese government is sending that even the richest man is not immune or above the law, " she said.

But by now, every function of government had been absorbed by the emperor who was above the law and ruled by decree.

It has set up shop in multiple countries with liberal press protections in an apparent bid to stand above the law.

It would be another bad case of politics being put above the law.

Meanwhile, the bar for being above the law appears to be rising, as high-profile culprits in corruption cases are brought to account.

Only tenuously linked to any civilian institution, they are above the law and sign off on virtually all big decisions.

But it sends a message that nobody is above the law and that corruption will not be tolerated.

Above the law, with a license to kill, the Jinyiwei devoted their lives and lethal prowess to the service of the Emperor alone.

You think you are above the law?

"Impunity should not exist in this country, " said Congressman Antonio C. Rivera. "No one is above the law. "

The rule of law is critical, for if a leader puts himself above the law, then stability only lasts for as long as he is in power.

Cameron said it is important for the British press to be free, but not above the law.

And those at the top increasingly act above the law. "Privilege begets money, and money begets privilege. "

No one is above the law, but this Government has failed to provide proper support to our troops on return home.

"I don't believe that anybody is above the law, " he responded, but "we need to look forward as opposed to looking backwards. "

Some judges and members of the public argued that journalists can never hold themselves above the law.

It is no mystery to other countries how the US remains above the law.

It rejects claims that it is above the law, pointing out that trading counter parties can take complaints to arbitration (none has).

No wonder American winners lose perspective and put themselves above sexual norms, above ordinary standards, above the law.

But press freedom does not mean that the press should be above the law.

Anyway, why is a Chicago cop using Japanese aikido against armed drug dealers, like Mr. Seagal did in 'Above the Law'?

Under our law, everyone stands equal. No one is above the law, and no one is beneath it.

Nobody is above the law, and if there are clear instances of wrongdoing, that people should be prosecuted just like any ordinary citizen.

But LiJinMing without authorization, foxconn will not allow anyone to transcend or departments above the law.

On the hopeful side, the charges against Mr Selebi show that no one yet is above the law.

She acts as if she is above the law.

It's time that leaders, and their cronies, learned that no one is above the law.

And no Spartan, subject or citizen, man or woman. . . slave or king, is above the law.

A small group of people wholly above the law has, in the past decade, become rich beyond the wildest dreams of the tsars.

No one is above the law, even a president or a senior figure, everyone is subordinate to the law.

Creon asks if she thinks her being Oedipus's daughter puts her above the law.

And those at the top increasingly act above the law.

Individual party members are not entirely above the law.

Tribunes enjoyed sancrosanct status and were personally above the law.

In the liberal order, no state, even the hegemon, is above the law.

The bad police officer in that movie thought he was above the law.

They fear that the former rebels are above the law.

In answer to your question, Am I above the law?

Even the richest man is not above the law.

We will continue to pursue and prosecute those who believe they are both above the law and too smart to get caught.

Often the warlords operate above the law.

White collar criminals think they are above the law but they are not!

Royal Highnesses High Above the Law?

The king thought himself above the law.

People with money think they're above the law.

No men or institutions are above the law.

Remember that no man is above the law.

Or is it really that the lawyers are now considering themselves above the law?

People in power sometimes believe they are above the law.

The Chinese bully secret police are above the law.

Only non-working class, people sometimes stand firm above the law and make things right.

It's the same message that we as a culture send to our professional athletes; and that is that they are above the law.

'Above the law'

In Japan US troops are entirely above the law, granted as close to diplomatic immunity as exists anywhere in the world.

Nobody in our country is allowed to stand above the law.

nor whether the prince is above the law, since he is a member of testate ;

Rappers ain't above the law but our life is so fast

More important, it is bad enough that a particular group of road users should regard themselves as above the law;

For he himself is above the law, the godsent ruler of mankind

In the second, a convict rose above the law, and,