Talk politics.

Wow, we have the exact opposite doctrine in the US. If you're an officer and acting in your official discretionary (IE decision-making as opposed to policy-following) capacity, you have a pretty broad immunity (conditioned on the fact that you know or should have known that your action was wrongful) to civil responsibility. Judges, presidents, and other higher officers have absolute immunity, even if they knew or should have known that their action was wrongful. While this is generally only a shield against civil litigation, it's still a big bar to holding them responsible for their actions.