Scenario: A member of the General Assembly was accused of stealing money from government educational funds. After being convicted at a trial, the assembly member was sentenced to five years in prison.
How does this scenario demonstrate the rule of law?
It shows that even lawmakers sometimes break the law.
It shows that no one is above the law, not even lawmakers.
It shows that the judicial branch has the power to convict criminals.
It shows that members of the legislative branch cannot convict one of their own.

What extraordinary role does learning think we can play in the universe?

“dear sir: it is with great reluctance, i trouble you on a subject, which does not fall within your province; but it is a subject that occasions me more distress, than i have felt, since the commencement of the war; and which loudly demands the most zealous exertions of every person of weight and authority, who is interested in the success of our affairs. i mean the present dreadful situation of the army for want of provisions, and the miserable prospects before us, with respect to futurity. it is more alarming than you will probably conceive, for, to form a just idea, it were necessary to be on the spot. for some days past, there has been little less, than a famine in camp. a part of the army has been a week, without any kind of flesh, and the rest for three or four days. naked and starving as they are, we cannot enough admire the incomparable patience and fidelity of the soldiery, that they have not been ere this excited by their sufferings, to a general mutiny or dispersion. strong symptoms, however, discontent have appeared in particular instances; and nothing but the most acitive efforts every where can long avert so shocking a catastrophe.” what’s the central idea?

How does the chairman of the federal reserve board get his job?