Privileged subgroups enforce stricter internal rules than the larger law.

Evidence

In fact, the eminent interest of the subgroup, of the relatively closed circle, in dominion over its members, and the exposed position characteristic of such a prominent and privileged circle, often brings it about that special jurisdictions are more rigorous than the law of the larger association that permits the exemption of the subgroup. — Georg Simmel, The Sociology of Georg Simmel, 6913

Categorization

• XREF: Echoes the reader’s guardian/auditor theme: a group granted autonomy polices its own members more harshly, like Porfiry’s interrogation intensifying within the dyad. — connects to: Equal operation of law prevents officials escaping political backlash through selective enforcement. — Henry M. Hart, Jr. and Albert M. Sacks, The Legal Process: Basic Problems in…, 202
• DEFINE: Defines how exemption produces internal rigor rather than license.