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In reply to the discussion: Question: Is it legal for the military to refuse to comply with an illegal order from the president? [View all]TEB
(12,827 posts)15. Just as former infantry trooper
We were always taught by ucmj you have obligations to defy an unlawful order as in dealing with morals. Dealing civilians or say Warsaw Pact troops. I swore to defend the constitution against enemies foreign domestic but that I was only following orders think nazis that did not work. Troopers are not robots they have men I served with a very good standard of moral and honor. If say my lai LT calley orders a soldier to pump rounds into a civilian and he refuses no way would that trooper be court martialed.
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Question: Is it legal for the military to refuse to comply with an illegal order from the president? [View all]
Towlie
May 2017
OP
not sure I undersatnd your post - but . . . you can disobey an order if it is illegal or unlawful
DrDan
May 2017
#24
The Constitutionally of the War Powers Resolution is something scholars have debated for decades
Calista241
May 2017
#4
" . . . and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States . . . "
DrDan
May 2017
#11
Thanks but I hope there's protocol as to how to handle illegal CIC orders and
ATL Ebony
May 2017
#14
That type of potentially illegal order is difficult for members of the military to refuse
stevenleser
May 2017
#13
The simple reality is we know trump is capable of firing a nuke to cover his ass.
Eliot Rosewater
May 2017
#26
Use of nuclear weapons when not under attack requires POTUS to get concurrence from
stevenleser
May 2017
#29
I'm curious to know what your take is on the specific instance the OP asks about
stevenleser
May 2017
#30
Yes but OP asked about a specific kind of order and it wasn't to commit genocide
stevenleser
May 2017
#28