observe the law

"Everyone can observe the law secretary on the bench," Kise said, adding, "There's no attempt to shield that public fact."

“We observe the law,” he said.

If Republicans are able to demonstrate that Democrats won't move even against a president like Trump, I think we can be sure that further Republican presidents will no longer even bother to observe the law, much less the norms and rules that have governed our republic since the beginning.

The court Thursday affirmed a decision by the Michigan Judicial Tenure Commission that determined Oakland County Circuit Judge Julie McDonald didn’t observe the law and conduct herself “in a manner which would enhance the public’s confidence in the integrity of the judiciary.”

Champagne, then president of the National Sheriffs’ Association, traveled to North Dakota in 2016 to observe the law enforcement response to protests against the Dakota Access Pipeline, praising law enforcement afterward and describing the protesters as violent and militant, according to the lawsuit.