Legal Systems and Constitutional Pardoning: Rule by Law versus Rule of Law

Rule by Law

• In a rule by law system, top government officials like $Xi Jinping$ are above the law and exempt from imprisonment for corruption.

• While individual citizens, such as the garment owner or the Chinese developer mentioned in today's $Wall Street Journal$, can be sentenced to prison for life for corruption, authorities remain above such accountability.

Rule of Law

• The rule of law ensures that all individuals, including a high-ranking government official or any $house of representative member$, are subject to the legal system and can be convicted or removed from office.

• Under this principle, figures like $Trump$ are held to the same legal standards as private citizens such as $Paula Brady$.

Questions & Discussion

• Question: What about, like, a parted?

• Answer: Pardoning is a constitutional power held by the president. If an individual like $Fauci$ has been pardoned by $Biden$, it raises questions regarding why they would continue to plead the fifth instead of coming forward with information.