... which is a very good topic. I've already been thinking on that one, and I figure that in a setting like this, superheroes are probably generally treated like deputy police officers - allowed to use force when the situation demands it, but excessive force would be highly frowned upon both by law and the public in general. (I bet insurance companies hate having to deal with hero-based damage.)
While I'm sure there'd be specific laws in place for heroes, if we're looking at IRL examples, taking in criminals is probably covered well enough by citizen's arrest law already (here's a brief outline of California's). Since a fair amount of US laws vary by the state you're in, that also makes it entirely possible that one state would be stricter on superheroes than another state might. I can't really see superhero laws ever being a federal issue, but idk it could've happened if heroes were ever a big issue in the past either socially or politically.
That's also to say nothing of the laws in other countries - I imagine that countries with things like stricter gun laws may also be stricter on heroes operating with powers that could easily kill people, for example.
did someone say SUPERHERO LAW?
While I'm sure there'd be specific laws in place for heroes, if we're looking at IRL examples, taking in criminals is probably covered well enough by citizen's arrest law already (here's a brief outline of California's). Since a fair amount of US laws vary by the state you're in, that also makes it entirely possible that one state would be stricter on superheroes than another state might. I can't really see superhero laws ever being a federal issue, but idk it could've happened if heroes were ever a big issue in the past either socially or politically.
That's also to say nothing of the laws in other countries - I imagine that countries with things like stricter gun laws may also be stricter on heroes operating with powers that could easily kill people, for example.