No one is above the law.
Melvin Watt: “No one is above the law.”
On the recordSeptember 26, 2018
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Mel Watt asserts the principle that everyone must adhere to the law.
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Sep 26, 2018
It is intolerable to me to think that a mere accusation of impropriety would somehow deny him the presumption of innocence.
Sep 26, 2018
I would certainly emphasize that if anybody here has the notion that I believe that I am above the law, they should dissuade themselves of that notion.
Sep 26, 2018
It is horrific to me, to think that, one day, when my daughter enters the workforce, that she might be harassed.
Sep 26, 2018
If you look at my record throughout my whole life, from the day I started in the practice of law in a civil rights law firm, you will find nobody, or few people, who are more committed to the things that you all have talked about today.





