You pledged to support and defend the constitution of the United States of America. Article 2, Section 2, Clause 2 of said constitution makes treaties entered into by the United States of America the law of the land provided the treaty is ratified by 2/3rds of the Senate. A ratified treaty that gives the United Nations legal standing within the United States would be the law of the land---subject, of course, to judicial review and interpretation just as the courts tend to claim to have final and supreme say in all matters (after all, judges are, by the mere fact they are members of the judiciary, superior in reasoning, morality, judgement, etc to anyone is society not seated on a higher court of law than they).
If you want to learn more about the actual relation between international treaties (including those establishing the UN and its various organizations) and US law, you can start with these two sources:
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http://law.justia.com/constitution/us/article-2/18-treaties-as-law-of-the-land.html
and especially
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http://scholarship.law.georgetown.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1983&context=facpub
where you will find this statement in the conclusion.
"This Article has argued that the Constitution establishes a straightforward
rule regarding the judicial enforcement of treaties. By declaring
treaties to have the force of law, the Supremacy Clause makes
them enforceable in the courts in the same circumstances as statutory
and constitutional provisions of like content. The Founders understood
that treaties were contracts between nations that, on the international
plane, depended on interest and honor for their efficacy. In order
to avoid international friction that might lead to war and to
capture the benefits of a reputation for treaty compliance, they made
treaties enforceable in our courts as a matter of domestic constitutional
law. The single exception to the requirement of equivalent treatment
concerns treaties that are non-self-executing in the sense contemplated
by Foster v. Neilson..."
Individual opinion to the contrary does not change the facts or the law.....only combined action can do that.
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