But, military officers and regular troops (Reply #4)

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Sun Dec 2, 2018, 09:56 PM

SCantiGOP (13,225 posts)

4. But, military officers and regular troops

have a legal responsibility under US and international law to not obey an “illegal order.”
That is a very precarious decision for any military person since failure to follow an order that might later be determined to be legal can have severe consequences.

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5 replies	Author	Time	Post
Commander in Chief question [View all]	in2herbs	Dec 2018	OP
No. Impeachment and removal by Congress	MineralMan	Dec 2018	#1
CoC's job is to put troops in harms way	underpants	Dec 2018	#2
That's really what the 25th amendment was put in place for...	PoliticAverse	Dec 2018	#3
But, military officers and regular troops	SCantiGOP	Dec 2018	#4
You mean a coup?	Polybius	Dec 2018	#5

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