There's a certain group of people who view all of these "law-thingees" as "living, breathing documents."



Having witnessed enough people with this view, I conclude that it is
code for "imposing my will and morality on everyone justifies whatever means necessary, since I am a morally superior being..."



Democracy and the rule of law that it is built on is the enemy of these people.

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The Times and the tea party: What is this thing Hayek called "the rule of law"? | The Economist

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LATE last week, New York Times reporter Kate Zernike noted that many tea partiers, often at Glenn Beck's urging, have availed themselves of several classic texts, including F.A. Hayek's 1943 blockbuster "The Road to Serfdom"—surely one of the most influential political