Under the rule of law, which government officials are subject to the law?

only those who are appointed
any government official except those in the judiciary
only those who have been elected
any government official either elected or not

Why were presidents andrew jackson and martin van buren unwilling to annex texas? a. they did not want texas to be admitted to the union as a slave state. b. they feared that the annexation of texas as a slave state would lead to political problems within the union. c. they thought that texas was too large to be admitted to the union as one state. d. they did not believe in the idea of manifest destiny.