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Melon

(1,705 posts)
7. This is what they risk
Tue Aug 26, 2025, 12:38 AM
Aug 2025

“If a soldier refuses an order they believe to be unlawful, but it is later determined to be lawful, they face severe consequences, including court-martial, imprisonment, a bad conduct discharge, forfeiture of pay, and a negative impact on their career and reputation. While there are defenses for disobeying clearly unlawful orders, disobeying a lawful order is a serious military offense, and the burden is on the service member to demonstrate the order was unlawful. “

As far as I have heard it’s considered lawful. DC doesn’t have a governor, so the guard reports to the president. Unless a lawful ruling comes down stopping it, I think a troop would just lose everything. You can’t expect a soldier to take that action.

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