Ah...you have reminded me of what was once called "The Rule of Law." It held that everyone was bound to follow the Law, the Law was applied to all men equally, and that it was just as binding on the government as the citizen. It also held that the individual rights of Man were given by God as a power higher than the state, and those rights could not be lawfully taken by the State. The Founding Fathers of this country were familiar with The Rule of Law, and risked their lives in freeing themselves of what had become an oppressive foreign monarchy in order that it might be followed here.
Yes, the Rule of Law. A quaint notion; of course it is quite dead now.
Maybe it's time for us to step up and become to become founding fathers ourselves.
I worry that so many talk and post, but so few seem to DO anything...
If the original Founding Fathers had Internet and Free Republic, maybe their day and nights would be so busy posting and replying they'd not have time for the actual Revolution!