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On the recordMay 27, 2026
Our country’s founders enshrined in that document the core idea that in the new nation they were creating, no one is above the law, everyone is equal under the law, and everyone is required to follow the law.
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Gary Peters
Democratic · Michigan

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Commencement address at Wayne State University Law School

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