Democracy Is Threatened When Rule Of Law Is Trashed

'I would just say on principle that the success of our democracy depends on rule of law. And there is no public official that is above the law, certainly not the president of the United States.

"But neither is the Rowan County clerk. That's a principle that is enshrined in our Constitution and in our democracy and it's one obviously the courts are seeking to uphold."

That was White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest speaking Sept. 3 about the arrest of Rowan County clerk Kim Davis of Kentucky for refusing to process gay marriage licenses.

The rule of law is fundamental to our nation's existence, and it's been destroyed over the past seven years by the Obama administration and federal courts with acquiescence from desperate-to-be-loved congressional leaders.

On the very day Earnest had the audacity to utter these words, a mid-level government IT worker at the State Department announced that he would invoke his Fifth Amendment rights related to the email server of his former boss, Hillary Clinton.

The president's attorney general for more than six years, Eric Holder, remains in contempt of Congress for his refusal to turn over documents related to his department's "Fast and Furious" gun-running operation. Holder was never forced from office and continues to roam free. Holder has been, and remains, above the law.

The president's IRS engaged in political targeting of conservative groups and auditing conservative donors in one of the most dangerous abuses of executive branch power in our nation's history, and the perpetrator faces no federal charges and continues to draw payments from the federal government. Lois Lerner has been, and continues to be, above the law.

The attorney general of Kentucky, Jack Conway, refused to do his job in defending the Commonwealth's one man/one woman laws and received plaudits from the media and the governor. His decision cost the taxpayers more than $200,000 in outside legal fees, and no one jailed or forced him to resign. Conway was above the law.

Read the rest of this Rick Manning op-ed HERE.

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