i think its a tricky situation. there is an extreme libertarian argument that individual officers of the US government should be held personally liable for any violation of the constitution. however, this would make it potentially difficult for the government to enforce _any_ law or carry out the duties of government because of the risk that some court could find the law or their duty violates the constitution. of course this is very appealing for libertarians but maybe not for non-libertarians. for example in the case of the Biden loan forgiveness program should every US government person involved in that be prosecuted for criminal embezzlement?
This Time article discuses how police states can persist beyond a leader.
https://time.com/6281663/russia-vladimir-putin-defectors/