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Yeah that's what "democratic norms" means.
It's the same as "rules based international order", it's a fake sound bite.
Democrats are similarly incentivized to keep these things off book.
In practice the problem goes even further the US has no mechanism to get the government to generally abide by its own laws when there are no damages or damaged parties with legal recognition -- even worse for foreign policy there is a standing precedent to not get involved it's called the political question doctrine which itself is not fully defined and unsettled law.
For example you can't sue the government:
https://ccrjustice.org/home/press-center/press-releases/historic-case-dismissed-ninth-circuit-panel-rules-courts-cannot