Intentionally assaulting people, bombing buildings, arson, theft----all of these we judge to be
illegal and immoral---except when we do them in furtherance of defeating an enemy in time of war.
Why, do you think?
I think it is because we recognize that in times of true emergency, when our actual survival is in imminent peril, our innate right to self-preservation---pardon the expression---"trumps" our usual notions of what is "OK" and "doable". When whether you---or someone you love---will live or die depends upon whether or not you take immediate action to incapacitate or destroy an enemy, there is little room for notions such as civility, fairness or legality. I'm sure there are those who disagree, but that's how I see it.
I believe we are either at or fast approaching the point where we must decide whether we are actually engaged in a war for our survival as a nation and whether our usual and cherished "rule of law" has truly considered and provided for a lawless and amoral monster such as Trump.
If we are so engaged and if our current laws provide us no protection, what is to be done?