{"id":353,"date":"2013-03-21T04:42:17","date_gmt":"2013-03-21T04:42:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fenello.com\/blog\/?p=353"},"modified":"2013-03-21T04:42:17","modified_gmt":"2013-03-21T04:42:17","slug":"httpwww-washingtonpost-comopinionskatrina-vanden-heuvel-above-the-law20130311e47f17a2-8a5a-11e2-8d72-dc76641cb8d4_story-html","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/fenello.com\/oldnews\/tranzitioning\/?p=353","title":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/katrina-vanden-heuvel-above-the-law\/2013\/03\/11\/e47f17a2-8a5a-11e2-8d72-dc76641cb8d4_story.html"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mceItemEmbedly\" style=\"max-width:600px;\" data-ajax=\"{'url':'http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/katrina-vanden-heuvel-above-the-law\/2013\/03\/11\/e47f17a2-8a5a-11e2-8d72-dc76641cb8d4_story.html','width':null,'words':null,'height':null,'embed':'&lt;div class=\\&quot;embedly\\&quot; style=\\&quot;max-width:nullpx;max-height:nullpx\\&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=\\&quot;http:\/\/img.washingtonpost.com\/rf\/image_296w\/2010-2019\/WashingtonPost\/2013\/03\/11\/Editorial-Opinion\/Images\/bigstock-Wooden-judges-gavel-Strong-gr-29614430.jpg\\&quot; class=\\&quot;thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\\&quot; \/&gt;&lt;a class=\\'embedly-title\\' href=\\'http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/katrina-vanden-heuvel-above-the-law\/2013\/03\/11\/e47f17a2-8a5a-11e2-8d72-dc76641cb8d4_story.html\\'&gt;Above the law&lt;\/a&gt;Yet last week Attorney General Eric Holder, speaking for the administration with an alarmingly casual nonchalance, traduced the whole notion of a nation of laws. First, the attorney general responded to Sen. Rand Paul\\'s inquiry as to whether the president claimed the \\&quot;power to authorize a lethal force, such as a drone strike, against a U.S.&lt;div class=\\&quot;embedly-clear\\&quot;&gt;&lt;\/div&gt;&lt;span class=\\&quot;embedly-powered\\&quot; style=\\&quot;float:right;display:block\\&quot;&gt;&lt;a target=\\&quot;_blank\\&quot; href=\\&quot;http:\/\/embed.ly?src=anywhere\\&quot; title=\\&quot;Powered by Embedly\\&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=\\&quot;\/\/static.embed.ly\/images\/logos\/embedly-powered-small-light.png\\&quot; alt=\\&quot;Embedly Powered\\&quot; \/&gt;&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;\/span&gt;&lt;div class=\\&quot;media-attribution\\&quot;&gt;&lt;span&gt;via &lt;\/span&gt;&lt;a href=\\&quot;http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\\&quot; class=\\&quot;media-attribution-link\\&quot; target=\\&quot;_blank\\&quot;&gt;Washingtonpost&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;\/span&gt;&lt;\/div&gt;&lt;div class=\\&quot;embedly-clear\\&quot;&gt;&lt;\/div&gt;&lt;\/div&gt;'}\">\n<div class=\"embedly\" style=\"max-width:nullpx;max-height:nullpx\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/img.washingtonpost.com\/rf\/image_296w\/2010-2019\/WashingtonPost\/2013\/03\/11\/Editorial-Opinion\/Images\/bigstock-Wooden-judges-gavel-Strong-gr-29614430.jpg\" class=\"thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\" \/><a class='embedly-title' href='http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/katrina-vanden-heuvel-above-the-law\/2013\/03\/11\/e47f17a2-8a5a-11e2-8d72-dc76641cb8d4_story.html'>Above the law<\/a>Yet last week Attorney General Eric Holder, speaking for the administration with an alarmingly casual nonchalance, traduced the whole notion of a nation of laws. First, the attorney general responded to Sen. Rand Paul&#8217;s inquiry as to whether the president claimed the &#8220;power to authorize a lethal force, such as a drone strike, against a U.S.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embedly-clear\"><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"embedly-powered\" style=\"float:right;display:block\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/embed.ly?src=anywhere\" title=\"Powered by Embedly\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/static.embed.ly\/images\/logos\/embedly-powered-small-light.png\" alt=\"Embedly Powered\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"media-attribution\"><span>via <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\" class=\"media-attribution-link\" target=\"_blank\">Washingtonpost<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"embedly-clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Above the lawYet last week Attorney General Eric Holder, speaking for the administration with an alarmingly casual nonchalance, traduced the whole notion of a nation of laws. 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