In fact there aren’t any civilizations or countries in the history of man that have not operated under ‘The Rule of Law’. Types of government may be called a democracy, a republic, a dictatorship, communism, socialism, a theocracy, political idolatry or a monarchy – all of these systems operate under ‘the rule of law’.

Slavery in the United States operated within a legal system. People in the Middle East are stoned under a legal system. Women have been second class citizens under many legal systems. Property rights of indigenous people been given and taken under many legal systems. The right to participate in government have been eliminated under many legal systems. Peoples heads were chopped off at the Tower of London under a legal system. The second most powerful person in Nazi Germany’s SS, Ernst Kaltenbrunner was educated as a lawyer and studied the German legal system.

We are able in around the clock media to watch many government representatives, social activists, educators, lawyers and judges stand before the cameras and microphones and wrap themselves in the blanket of ‘The Rule of Law’. Many have come before them throughout human history – and those speaking the most loudly about protecting your rights under the law are frequently the most dishonest.