[jacques_chester]

> I'm curious what you think of companies who do put themselves above law enforcement when it's the right thing to do ... A case to cite might be Apple vs. FBI in 2016. The company placed itself above law enforcement.

Apple did no such thing. They asserted their legal rights. They used the exact mechanism -- the law -- that you are saying they ignored or held themselves above.

[emptybits]

I did not say they held themselves above the law. Law enforcement is what OP commented on and that's what I responded to. I think it's an important distinction.

When law enforcement takes a wrong turn (as the FBI did) it is, I believe, reasonable for a citizen to consider themselves above (read: "better than") law enforcement. Mechanisms to deal with this include constitutional principles (which may also be considered above the law) and, generally, the courts.