It’s in the oath of office. As for the French, they can give it a try I suppose. Are we a threat to France? Are there people who are killing their citizens and then running back here? Your argument, you defend it.
Which doesn't absolve a president or any other officer of the FedGov from obeying the law. There are laws regarding how and when enemies, foreign and domestic, can be engaged.
Are we a threat to France? Are there people who are killing their citizens and then running back here? Your argument, you defend it.
Actually it was your argument. When you say 'we' you must mean the country of the U.S.A. which is a non-sequitur to the original point of killing individuals in foreign countries that we are not at war with so that is irrelevant.
You are reacting emotionally to legal questions which is exactly what SCOTUS did twice last week. That is exactly why the rule of law is now dead and irrelevant. No one cares about it anymore so why should the President or the Judicial Branch follow it?