Democracy and the Rule of Law

(Not Carved in Stone)

D.D. Delaney
Nov 5 · 7 min read
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, advocate for the Rule of Law in our Democracy

We hear a lot about “democracy” and the “rule of law” these days, and like a lot of Americans I’ve taken these terms for granted — hearing them repeatedly, using them myself — without thinking much about what they might actually mean.

Yet supposedly I’m educated. I live in a democracy dedicated to the rule of law, or so everyone says. I began to…

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D.D. Delaney

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D.D. Delaney is a poet, playwright, actor, and journalist who serves as Artist-in-Residence at The Venue on 35th St. in Norfolk, VA.

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