[lotsofpulp]

Unless you have the financial and time resources to fight back, “they” can do whatever they want. Just like cops “can’t” abuse their power, the power dynamics are so asymmetrically against most people that you simply have to hope everything goes well. Or know a senator who will go to bat for you.

[Nasrudith]

I wonder how long until such unilateralism provokes nasty consequences - the law is to protect them from grudges as well. The solution to diffuse it is obvious yet sadly difficult - accountability.

Being "immune to justice" leads to taking matters into their own hands which is never pretty. It has a very long history - terrorists and insurgent can be called the descendents of Sicarii style attacks - original Zealot Hebrew fundamentalists knifing Romans and vanishing into crowd.