> I don't think it does? It's the difference between absolute monarchy and democracy - take an extreme example, and I'm going to use the UK because I live here

> I don't think it does? It's the difference between absolute monarchy and democracy - take an extreme example, and I'm going to use the UK because I live here and to depersonalise it a bit, like parliament declaring a genocide of all Londoners, because we need to empower the home counties and kickstart growth in the North, or something. Although I don't know too too much about the UK, but IIRC anything said in parliament can't be used against you in a court so it's hard to imagine that passing a law in parliament could be used against you. So I suspect you couldn't sue Keir Starmer (PM) or Charles (King) if such a law was passed. Similarly, if the US Congress decided to pass a law taking away vasts amount of your wealth (slaves [1]) without compensation you can't sue individual congress critters over that as passing laws is actually an official act. For those of you that are unaware, arguably slaves made up 1/3 of the wealth in the south [2] (Scroll to tables 4 or 5) and so imagine that the USG decided to pass a wealth tax of 1/3 of your wealth. (I mean they should've never really be into slavery in the first place but uh it's pretty clear why they're still so mad about the north ending it after a war just barely longer than a presidential term). > It was a very surprising decision to me, as an outsider, that an elected leader in a developed country should be above the law while in office. Only when doing your job. You want to step outside and punch homeless people in the streets thats a crime. You're given a law by congress to do that, then it's an official act. Running a political campaign is not an official act afaik, in fact numerous laws (i.e. Hachet Act [3]) pretty much prohibit it for officials. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirteenth_Amendment_to_the_Un... [2]: https://www.measuringworth.com/slavery.php https://www.measuringworth.com/slavery.php [3]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hatch_Act https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hatch_Act