There’s an emerging blue-state nightmare: Inspired by President Donald Trump’s call to round up immigrants who are in the country illegally, red-state governors might start sending their National Guard troops into blue states without those leaders’ permission.
I was a soldier and was taught to tell anyone who gives me an illegal order to fuck off. Including the president. You are absolutely not protected just because a superior gave you an order.
It’s a good thing that there is no history of soldiers obeying illegal orders and committing atrocities. Of course, there are plenty of people in the military who are quite happy obeying those orders because they agree with them.
And luckily they didn’t purge military leadership that’s actually loyal to the constitution, and then use Republican congressional obstruction to prevent promotions for 4 years so Trump could install loyalists…
Isn’t it illegal to obey illegal orders? Good soldiers don’t follow illegal orders, at least; even if not illegal itself.
I was a soldier and was taught to tell anyone who gives me an illegal order to fuck off. Including the president. You are absolutely not protected just because a superior gave you an order.
It’s a good thing that there is no history of soldiers obeying illegal orders and committing atrocities. Of course, there are plenty of people in the military who are quite happy obeying those orders because they agree with them.
And luckily they didn’t purge military leadership that’s actually loyal to the constitution, and then use Republican congressional obstruction to prevent promotions for 4 years so Trump could install loyalists…