be above

In other words they, as in the time-honoured adage about Caesar’s wife, must be above suspicion.

And in some instances, oversight officials said, the unit’s own members appeared to be above the law.

The overall fatality rate across H5N1 outbreaks is estimated to be above 50%, but that may be an overestimate due to many milder infections being missed.

Arlington is hallowed ground that is supposed to be above partisan politics.

So I assume if the president had an affair with a woman and her jealous husband came to the White House and the president shot the husband in the Oval Office—that’s a private act, and he would not be above the law.