Why can a Java static method call a constructor, but not refer to this?

Question

My Assumptions:

1. Static method cannot cannot call non-static methods.
2. Constructors are kind of a method with no return type.

Answer 1

Rules are simple:
1 - Static method cannot cannot call non-static methods.

That's simply not true. A static method can call a non-static method, just via a "target" reference. For example, this is fine in a static method:

Integer x = Integer.valueOf(10);
int y = x.intValue(); // Instance method!

The real point is "there's no this reference within a static method".

2 - Constructors are kind of a method with no return type.

That's not a really useful model, to be honest. It makes more sense (from the caller's point of view) to consider a constructor as a static method with a return type that's the same as the declaring class, but even that's not a perfect model by any means.

I suggest you think of a constructor as a different type of member. Embrace the differences between constructors and methods, instead of trying to hide them.