David Crane, Founding Chief Prosecutor of the Special Court for Sierra Leone, discusses the rule of law as the alternative to tyranny... “The clearest way to show what the rule of law means to us in everyday life is to recall what has happened when there is no rule of law.” – Dwight D. Eisenhower On 6 January 2021, as our nation watched in shock as an insurrection took place before our very eyes, egged on and encouraged by the President of the United States and others, the question in all our minds was how could this happen in the United States of America? The entire world gasped and condemnation was universal and bi-partisan.