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Biden Can’t Tout Law at Home and Flout It Abroad
No one should be above the law, not former presidents, nor superpowers or their allies.
Having their day in court.
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The rule of law should be respected, US President Joe Biden said the other day, “and we should never allow anyone to tear it down. It’s as simple as that.”
He was referring to a verdict — guilty on 34 counts — against his predecessor, which Donald Trump and his fans are loath to accept because they don’t like it. But Biden could just as well have been talking about international law, which faces the greatest threat of unraveling since the US shaped its modern features after World War II. If that happens, the US and its ally Israel will bear much of the blame.