This granite memorial was commissioned and first unveiled in 1957 by the American Bar Associate to commemorate the Magna Carta, considered the foundational document for the rule of law.
The Magna Carta itself was drafted in 1215 by King John of England was the first time that the principle of everyone being subject to law, even the king himself, was put into writing.
Though in it's first ten years, nearly a third of the text was rewritten or removed altogether, and nowadays almost all the clauses have been repealed, this document still stands as a proud cornerstone to the British constitution. Many of its core principles can still be seen in some nations constitution including the American Bill of Rights and the European Convention on Human Rights.
Of the three remaining clauses, the third is probably the most widely known.
"No free man shall be seized or imprisoned, or stripped of his rights or possessions, or outlawed or exiled, or deprived of his standing in any other way, nor will we proceed with force against him, or send others to do so, except by the lawful judgement of his equals or by the law of the land. To no one will we sell, to no one deny or delay right or justice"