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Gary Peters: “Our country’s founders enshrined in that document the core idea that in the new nation they were creating, no one is…

On the recordJune 6, 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. But without you – attorneys, judges, and legal scholars – the rule of law is at risk of being just an idea, and the Constitution merely a piece of paper,” said Senator Peters.
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Gary Peters
Democratic · Michigan

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Commencement address at Wayne State University Law School

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