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That is an excellent point. However, I'd like to present Albert T. #Goins as quoted by #LaurenceTribe as evidence against that:
Albert T. #Goins
https://mastodon.social/@HistoPol/111919172941910819
...in conjunction with #NATO Article 5:
"The Parties agree that an armed attack against one or more of them in #Europe or #NorthAmerica shall be considered an attack against them all..."
https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/topics_110496.htm
I am not a...
@specked @JonChevreau @GottaLaff @emptywheel
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...constitutional lawyer, but in my understanding, "the supreme law of the land" equates "levying War against" the #UnitedStates with doing likewise against any #NATO member state.
Thus, #TFG just invited the former arch-enemy of the #ColdWar's legal successor, the #Russian Federation, to attack any member state, as #Putler pleases.
In this logic, #TFG publicly committed treason.
Specific laws can hardly ever be interpreted in isolation.