The vision that the founding fathers had of rule of law and equality before the law and no one above the law, that is a very viable vision, but instead of that, we have quasi mob rule.

Bovard contrasts an idealized American constitutional aspiration—rule of law, equality before the law, and the principle that no person is above legal constraint—with what he sees as a contemporary breakdown of those norms. By calling the present condition “quasi mob rule,” he suggests that outcomes are driven less by consistent legal standards than by political pressure, factional power, or public passions that overwhelm due process. The quote reflects Bovard’s broader libertarian critique of government arbitrariness: when law becomes selectively enforced or bent for the powerful, it ceases to function as a neutral safeguard and instead resembles a contest of force and influence. The “viable vision” phrasing implies the founding ideal remains achievable, but is being actively undermined.