“Rule of law” means that no one is above the law, including the public officials whose duty it is to make, enforce, and interpret ours laws and regulations. (See here or here, for example.) In other words, the same leaders who gave us the TSA should be required to go through TSA lines at the airport like the rest of us, right? Alas, check out this 2010 report from CBS News: “While the rest of the country enters a ‘Constitutional Twilight Zone’ every time they step into an airport, many top politicians and government officials have their rights to privacy fully protected when they fly, reports the Associated Press. Cabinet secretaries, top congressional leaders, and an exclusive group of senior U.S. officials are exempt from … airport screening procedures ….”