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"I'd give the devil benefit of law, for my own safety's sake."
A Man For All Seasons, Robert Bolt

Ashcroft must obey the law, even the ones he does not like. Period.

You've stood Bolts point on its head. - Reversed it.
-- He, - More, -- was arguing FOR the basic principles of law, not against them. Example:

'I'd give the devil benefit of constitutional law, for my own safety's sake.'

Ashcroft must obey the constitution, even the parts he does not like. -- And, - he must NOT support laws that violate it. - Period.

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Ok. But Bolt didn't say "constitutional law". He said the law. Period. Who determines what law is and is not constitutional? I believe that our constitution gives that responsibilty to the Supreme Court.

Ashcroft must obey the law and it is not up to him to select which ones he thinks are constitutional or not. That was my point in quoting Bolt. The law is the law and it must apply to everyone, even the devil, as More says in "Man".