No. That's what a republic is: the government is not above law, and it is possible to push back against it. Let me quote this piece of an anarchist pamphlet: "

No. That's what a republic is: the government is not above law, and it is possible to push back against it. Let me quote this piece of an anarchist pamphlet: "Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed" - this means, amongst other things, that the governed do have the option to say "this is not okay anymore, stop." What you seem to be saying is "you have a right to choose, once, and then just shut up and deal with it, the govt can do anything it wishes in the meantime." You're describing a dictatorship - "the State is always Right, by definition".