One thing is for sure, there won't BE any rule of law if Al Qaeda manages a spectacular enough hit on one or more of our cities. Those who love the rule of law, and that includes myself, would do well to bear that in mind.
OTOH, applied lefist philosopy is generally destructive of the rule of law to start with, so Democrats are being disingenuous by definition by referencing it.
Yeah, the left pretends to love the Constitution.
As they trample every part of it other than selected parts of the First, Fourth and Fifth Amendments.
But, then again, the pubbies have their own sections of the Constitution they bang upon.
Which, sadly enough, is what differentiates the two parties any more - what sections of the Constitution they choose to trash.