What is an example of a "more democratic institution"? And what are the "obvious self interest motivations"? I would like to make sure I am answering the ques

What is an example of a "more democratic institution"? And what are the "obvious self interest motivations"? I would like to make sure I am answering the question you are asking... To answer your general question of whether I am in favor of "some kinds of legislation... ...targeted at the current position holder", my general answer is "only for the smallest municipality possible against that entity." First, I am assuming that harm can be proven to have been done against someone(s) within that municipality by that entity. Second, I am making the assumption here that the municipality involved (City? County? State?) is enforcing the will of its constituents as obtained by their appropriate mechanism (i.e. voting or other delegation of power). They are authorized to wield this power over their territory, but no other (scope definition). If an entity spanned multiple territories (Cities, Counties, States) here in the US, or multiple nations, then agreement/consensus must be sought to convince those other municipalities to concur and to mutually enforce the decree at those levels. If the other territories choose not to support the effort, then the legislation can only have effect within the territory that approved it. Power should always be determined and enforced at the smallest possible level, requiring consensus all the way up any possible authority-chain of command. This allows the entity to move its operations to a territory that agrees with the activities, assuming one can be found. This also allows for the most possible satisfaction of the residents of the respective territories. I also hold the opinion that current behavior of US States and of the General Government (Federal) have strayed far too much from the original design of individual sovereigns granting limited powers to representative government. And this is likely the reason for so much of the polemic disagreement (unfortunately to the point of virtriol in many cases) that I witness today. A solution to that (granted, not that you asked for one :) ) would be to reduce the General Government to a tenth of its current size to start, and see if that is enough to have a more satisfied populace. With the understanding that it is immoral to enforce my own ethics upon any other under any measure of coercion; Only through consent between all parties involved. The power hierarchy below this level (State, County, City, Township, etc.) would choose to incorporate that legislation that was formerly being wielded/enforced at a higher level, that is approved by their constituency. Think local, act local. Again, if it is not already obvious, my bias is much more anarcho-capitalist, working towards a voluntarist society. Individual people coming to agreements to conduct trade and agreeing to delegate limited power to representative government. Maybe too much caffeine for me this morning ;)