While it might be supposed that all are equally held accountable to the rule of law, we find that not only is this seldom true, but the actual laws so legislated into existence and then implemented, are themselves far too often not fair or appropriate, but rather have a way of being interpreted that structures these laws in a way and manner in which certain personages and organizations benefit. In contrast, the general public will be subject thereby to suffer the ill consequences of those same laws. So too, plenty of laws are well-intentioned and good, but the enforcement of those laws is not consistent with what those laws should and ought to represent, in actuality.
To live within a society in which each of us is dealt with according to a fair rule of law is to live within a society in which all are under that same law and thereby are subject to that law. This is so important because we find no matter how well written a given Constitution is, or the intentions behind such a Constitution, that Constitutions have a habit of being interpreted as or suffering from undue influence from those that are in positions of immense power, that thereupon favors those elites, and essentially makes them to be above the law, at the expense of the general public.
In any society, there is going to be unfairness and inequality, of which, the duty of good governance is to play the role of balancing the scales of justice, to thereupon support those that are the least and most disadvantaged amongst us, and when that governance is compromised or even worse, under the thumb of the elites, than those that have little or no power, will be subject to a constant exploitation of those that are the elites, which makes for a society that is unequal, unfair, and unjust.
To live in an equal society in which all are treated the same under a fair rule of law is only possible if those who are the elites of a given nation, must themselves live under that law. This is why, so many people find delight in seeing those that are high up, take a fall; but somehow don’t recognize that the fall that these very influential and powerful people take, has not a lot to do with the rule of law, per se, but mainly has to do with the constant struggle of one elite against the other, which is why, the change that so many desire to make for a better society, never comes into fruition.
Indeed, the very point of good governance is to defend the defenseless and the weak, by being that bulwark against any and everything that would oppress those who are freely entitled to their unalienable rights, which is why all those who consistently back those who are the most powerful amongst us, by serving them as opposed to serving justice and the people, are part and parcel of the tyranny of the elites, which good governance should by its very nature never encourage or countenance, whatsoever.