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a senior [Obama] administration official... warned in unusually direct language that “if Hong Kong doesn’t act soon, it will complicate our bilateral relations
by CWuestefeld 13y ago
a senior [Obama] administration official... warned in unusually direct language that “if Hong Kong doesn’t act soon, it will complicate our bilateral relations and raise questions about Hong Kong’s commitment to the rule of law.”
Indeed.
The rule of law requires the government to exercise its power in accordance with well-established and clearly written rules, regulations, and legal principles. A distinction is sometimes drawn between power, will, and force, on the one hand, and law, on the other. When a government official acts pursuant to an express provision of a written law, he acts within the rule of law. But when a government official acts without the imprimatur of any law, he or she does so by the sheer force of personal will and power. [1]
It seems that the US government wants other nations on board, in its battle against the rule of law, and its authority to create secret laws, secret courts, and so on.
[1] http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Rule+of+law http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Rule+of+law
- visarga 13y agoMaybe we need something better than the constitution. How can we defend a constitution from the president, both parties and the judges of the supreme court? It's not enough if a few people own weapons. The army is orders of magnitude more powerful. We need some new sort of system. It's been more than 200 years. We should go back to the drawing board.