Reuters (Jan 8, 2026): Trump says “My own morality… My own mind… It’s the only thing that can stop me,” plus “I don’t need international law,” and “it depends what your definition of international law is.”
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/trump-says-us-oversight-venezuela-could-last-years-nyt-reports-2026-01-08/

Reuters (Jan 8, 2026): “If it expires, it expires” — Trump on New START; treaty expires Feb 5, 2026.
https://www.reuters.com/world/if-it-expires-it-expires-trump-tells-nyt-about-us-russia-nuclear-treaty-2026-01-08/

Reuters (Jan 8, 2026): U.S. Senate advances war-powers measure curbing further Venezuela action without Congress (52–47).
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/us-senate-vote-reining-trump-venezuela-2026-01-08/

SCOTUS (July 1, 2024): Trump v. United States — includes the line “Congress cannot act on, and courts cannot examine, the President’s actions.”
https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf/23-939_e2pg.pdf

Massachusetts Declaration of Rights, Article 30 (1780): “to the end it may be a government of laws and not of men.”
https://www.mass.gov/news/massachusetts-declaration-of-rights-article-30