>https://devolutionarywarfare.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Theory_of_Devolution_excerpt-2.pdf
"The law of war describes the relationship between a hostile government and the occupying military force. Military occupation grants the invading force the means of exercising control for the period of occupation. It does not transfer sovereignty to the occupant but gives them authority to exercise some rights of sovereignty. The exercise of these rights results from the established power of the occupant and is necessary to maintain law and order, which is vital to the local inhabitants and the occupying force."
This bears no resemblance whatsoever to the current state of affairs in the US.