He operated under cover of, not the rule of law, but of the “rule of men” who allowed him, due to monetary and ideological reasons, to ignore laws put in place by the democratic process to restrict the most heinous practices.
Agreed. You tend to see the “rule of law” argument put forward by people who a) know that there is really very little real “rule of law” governing in our country and b) make their living by slowing down and billing hours for due process.