Why the Rule of Law Is Vanishing | Intellectual Takeout

Why the Rule of Law Is Vanishing | Intellectual Takeout
"When is a law a law?

 The question seems simple enough, but things get complicated pretty quickly.

• We have our Constitution, of course. But we also have federal, state, county, and local laws, and then there are numerous federal, state, and local regulations that various bodies enact to carry out laws.
  
• There are so many laws in the United States that no one knows how many laws there are in the United States. According to tax publisher CCH Publications, the federal tax code alone is 73,000 pages long. That’s just the tax code enacted by just one level of government.

...Given the events of the last few months, there can be little doubt that Americans’ respect for the rule of law is dissipating, and this is happening in no small part because inconsistencies in the law are becoming obvious.
...When the law becomes incomprehensible and inconsistent, people lose faith in both the law and government institutions that secure it. 

...In ceasing to be a nation of laws, we have become instead a nation of lawmakers...Many examples, read all!