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No one is above the law, was a concept during the founding of the United States.

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“The more a person needs to be right, the less certain he is...”

Title couldn’t say it all.

No one is above the law, was popular concept during the founding of the United States.

In the Motherland, a Rechtsstaat is a "constitutional state" in which the exercise of governmental power is constrained by the law.

It is closely related to "constitutionalism" while is often tied to the Anglo-American concept of the rule of law, but differs from it in that it also emphasizes what is just (i.e., a concept of moral rightness based on ethics, rationality, law, natural law, religion, or equity).

In a Rechtsstaat, the power of the state is limited in order to protect citizens from the arbitrary exercise of authority. The citizens share legally based civil liberties and can use the courts.