[eachro]

I'm reminded of the nixon quote: "When the president does it, that means it's not illegal."

[schmidtleonard]

It was aspirational then, but after 50 years of working to create the Unitary Executive it is now fact.

[more_corn]

Only if we let it be fact. Surely there’s a line.

[GuB-42]

True in most countries. The president or more generally the chief of the executive often has legal immunity. It makes sense because that are the law, at least in part.

In democracies there a usually some protection against abuse of that power (ex: impeachment).

[TheOtherHobbes]

The UK has sovereign immunity.

The monarch is literally above the law. They cannot be arrested, questioned, tried, or punished for any reason.

Of course it would raise eyebrows if King Charles went on a shooting spree. But what happens behind closed doors is none of the public's business.