We’re excited to share our supporter-driven audio campaign: Voices for the Rule of Law. In observance of Law Day 2026, this special episode of cylindr magazine’s Rule of Law Defenders Podcast compile our community’s testimonies, stories, and lessons learned in the global fight for democracy and justice. Listen today, and share with your friends, family, and colleagues as we celebrate the values that make Law Day meaningful!
Join the Alliance for American Rule of Law and cylindr magazine in bringing the Rule of Law to life this Law Day! We’re excited to our supporter-driven audio campaign compiling our community’s testimonies, stories, and lessons learned in the global fight for democracy and justice.
We want to hear what the Rule of Law means to you, your family, and your community, in practice.
Contributions will be securely collected, anonymized, and compiled with the voices of advocates from around the globe for a special Law Day episode of cylindr magazine’s Rule of Law Defenders podcast on May 1. We’re also collecting photos from your global service, for compilation into a video accompaniment that will be released on AAROL’s YouTube and other channels throughout May.
We’re excited to share some important news with you: The Alliance for American Rule of Law (AAROL) has entered into a fiscal sponsorship agreement with East-West Management Institute, Inc., which will immediately enable AAROL to accept tax-deductible donations to further expand our outreach and impact.
By Alliance Member Alain Norman
When leaders fail to respect the law and constitutional norms, any society can enter a downward spiral that ruins the economic well-being and security of nearly everyone within it.
America was very lucky, 250 years ago, to have had good leaders–i.e., Founding Fathers willing to pledge their “lives, fortunes, and sacred honor” to the cause of independence for a nation based on the idea that individuals have inalienable rights, including the rights to “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.” To this day, good leaders understand that they should respect laws, procedures, and norms if they wish to preside over successful businesses or nations. Leaders who set bad examples encourage selfishness and misbehavior among others that, in turn, undermines society’s functionality.
As we enter into 2026, the year is shaping up to be an crucial one for American democracy. On July 4, we will mark the 250th anniversary of our nation’s founding, and the November midterm elections may well determine the future of our republic. As AAROL prepares to meet the moment, we’re excited to share some […]
By AAROL Member Homer E. Moyer, Jr.
Imagine for a moment if we could call upon Abraham Lincoln today and ask him to share his thoughts about the challenges our country faces in this anniversary year. What if we asked simply that he update for today the iconic speech he gave at Gettysburg?
Although we can never have his response to that fanciful request, we as a country might well benefit by trying to imagine — admittedly presumptuously — a current version of that short, historic address. Taking cues from what he did say in 1863, preserving much of its elegance, and remembering the national pain of our Civil War and its long aftermath, the original — with lined-out deletions — and an imagined, updated version might look something like the following.
Guest Post by Ted Jonas. On April 30, 2024, just before midnight, I was grabbed from the midst of a massive pro-Europe, anti-Russian demonstration in downtown Tbilisi by a phalanx of masked Georgian police, dragged, beaten, and thrown into an unmarked van. After 30 years in the country, the news that “well-known lawyer” Ted Jonas […]
By AAROL Member Nicolas Mansfield. Last month a trial jury in the federal district court of Washington, DC acquitted a man for throwing a sandwich at a federal agent. The case had become a local cause célèbre because it took place during the Trump administration’s takeover of local law enforcement in the nation’s capital and […]
By AAROL Member Neil Weinstein. Courts in the U.S. are losing their luster. The approval rating of our courts, especially the Supreme Court, is at an all-time low — in part because of the Supreme Court’s seemingly reflexive acceptance of the Trump Administration’s applications, decided almost always through its “emergency” or “shadow” docket via orders […]
By AAROL Member Homer E. Moyer, Jr. Next year we will celebrate the 250th anniversary of our becoming an independent nation, and in just a few days (September 17th) we will commemorate a less celebrated, but no less important anniversary—”Constitution Day,” the day delegates gathered in Independence Hall in Philadelphia signed our Constitution. Both milestones […]
