The random political thoughts thread (Part Deux)

[Alex]

Then in that case Congress already violates equal protection laws. They are granted official immunity from legal responsibility for the results of their official actions. Similarly, as was highlighted recently, they can break many laws in the persuit of performing their official duties (they can speed -- or drive drunk -- so long as they are on their way to cast an official vote, for example).

It is not the person who is being treated differently, it is the institution. Similarly, a subpoena from Congress is sufficient to compel quite a lot of behaviors from you and yet the president would be immune from most of them.