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b-boy bouiebaisse@jbouie.bsky.social |
i.e., the UCMJ tells members of the armed forces that they are empowered to disobey illegal orders given by commanding officers, up to and including the president.
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SimplyPsyke🏳️⚧️
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This is also very expressly something you are briefed on during BCT in the Army/National Guard.
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Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar
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I guess there's a difference between "if the president does it, it's not illegal" and "if the president does it, it's still illegal but he can't be prosecuted for it."
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Mykael Wyvern — 🔮🧙🏻♂️🐉
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Can an order the President gives ever be illegal post USvTrump? I guess for everyone BUT the president it could be....🤔
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Good thing there's not video of Donald Trump calling for summary execution of a soldier who is in the middle of UCMJ process
www.militarytimes.com/news/your-mi...
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andré carrington
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The aim of what SCOTUS has done is to empower those in the armed forces to obey illegal orders even when they know they shouldn't...
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shy hulud
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…but would this ruling now mean that no order given by the president can by definition be illegal? thus removing this protection?
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'Illegal' orders is quite ill defined and service members can face consequences for not following those orders.
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