Sure. That said obey is a poor choice of a word. It would be if they failed to uphold the constitution. At which point hopefully America would already be fighting its government.
Watch this excellent film about the UN's attitude towards it's pawns.
It goes something like "for the greater good, please eat shit and die"
I'll check it out later, but of course multi trillion dollar industries exert a lot of control. Look at how much they are attacking Elon Musk for threatening their industry.