Lots of people are above the law, half the US Federal government at the moment is arguing they are. Also any entire government spying apparatus has always been

Lots of people are above the law, half the US Federal government at the moment is arguing they are. Also any entire government spying apparatus has always been above the law by definition. Being in the military and fighting a war can be defined as being above the law (from the other side's point of view). Law defined in one locality can easily be illegal in another, so you can both be legal and illegal at the same time. Plus illegality is often about wether the declarer can prosecute under a law; if no one has standing or has the power to prosecute, then the law is rather hollow.