I'm not sure what you mean by that. You know of course it is not lawful for a citizen to aim a rifle at another citizen and kill them. Unless self defense is at issue. War has different rules/laws. You kill the enemy whether they are an immediate threat to you personally or not. Agreed?
And we have climaxed! How does it feel? Welcome to the Article VI episode of “The Constitution: No Matter What.”
Yes, wars get a broader interpretation of law, but even then they operate inside long established legal boundaries.
Thanks AKIron! You just explained why laws exist. Gold star for civics. Article VI makes the Constitution the supreme law of the land, and Article I gives Congress, not the President, the sole power to declare war. An executive sharpie-signed policy, even a super duper golden-laced Trump decree, cannot override the Constitution, no matter who’s in the Oval Office.
If Obama were dead, he’d be rolling in his grave.
No matter what.