***and if treaties ratified under it are supreme law,***
***and if the North Atlantic Treaty is such a treaty,***
***and if that treaty requires peaceful resolution of disputes and restraint from the use of force,***
***and if Senators and Presidents swear oaths to uphold the Constitution,***
***then a deliberate military strike by the United States against a NATO ally cannot occur without one or more of the above no longer being valid.***
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So then Trump blustering about taking Greenland by force is already illegal based on the Supremacy Clause and on NATO Article 1:
The Parties undertake, as set forth in the Charter of the United Nations, to settle any international dispute in which they may be involved by peaceful means in such a manner that international peace and security and justice are not endangered, and to refrain in their international relations from the threat or use of force in any manner inconsistent with the purposes of the United Nations.
(North Atlantic Treaty, art. 1)
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***Excerpt:***
***If the Constitution is binding law,***
***and if treaties ratified under it are supreme law,***
***and if the North Atlantic Treaty is such a treaty,***
***and if that treaty requires peaceful resolution of disputes and restraint from the use of force,***
***and if Senators and Presidents swear oaths to uphold the Constitution,***
***then a deliberate military strike by the United States against a NATO ally cannot occur without one or more of the above no longer being valid.***
So then Trump blustering about taking Greenland by force is already illegal based on the Supremacy Clause and on NATO Article 1:
The Parties undertake, as set forth in the Charter of the United Nations, to settle any international dispute in which they may be involved by peaceful means in such a manner that international peace and security and justice are not endangered, and to refrain in their international relations from the threat or use of force in any manner inconsistent with the purposes of the United Nations.
(North Atlantic Treaty, art. 1)