Oct. 19, 2020
Justice Neil Gorsuch and the rule of law
As he wrote in two recent decisions, consequences of federal laws unforeseen by their drafters are no reason to decline to apply the law as written.
Alan Charles Dell'Ario
Phone: (707) 666-5351
Email: charles@dellario.org
"Chuck" Dell'Ario represented Katherine Rosen on appeal. He was admitted in 1974 and has been a certified appellate specialist since 1997. He has a state-wide practice based in Napa representing individuals and small business. He also has coached the Napa-County-champion high school mock trial team to the state finals five years in a row.
The rule of law. It’s why we became lawyers. The rule of law is a principle under which all persons, institutions and entities are accountable to laws that are: publicly promulgated, equally enforced, independently adjudicated, and consistent with international human rights principles. No one is above the law.
For all of his immorality, Richard Nixon believed in the rule of law. John Dean, Nixon’s chief White House counsel, recently...
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