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In reply to the discussion: reminder about "orders" [View all]

LogDog75

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7. It more difficult than that
Sun Jun 8, 2025, 09:08 PM
Jun 2025

Military members have the right to question unlawful orders and the right refuse to obey obviously illegal orders. The problem being is the average military member doesn't have knowledge or training to determine whether an order is legal or not.

An obvious illegal order is to pull a demonstrator off the street and execute them and I hope they would refuse the order. In the case of the demonstrations in LA., the National Guard take orders from the governor and from the president when he nationalizes the Guard. It's up to the leaders of the Guard to make the determination as to whether the orders from the governor or the president are lawful and provide their troops with the appropriate guidance.

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