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minus-squareKilling_Spark@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoDoes a member of the military have the right to refuse the direct order of the president?
minus-squareÐ Greıt Þu̇mpkin@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoIf the order is illegal, they’d be in hotter water if they didn’t.
minus-squareKilling_Spark@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoIs that so? I thought one main staple of military ranks was that if the soldier rejects an order because of judicial concerns but the superior tells them to do it anyways the judicial blame is on that superior
minus-squareweker01@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoNope, I was just following orders is no valid defence.
minus-squareÐ Greıt Þu̇mpkin@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoIt depends, if the soldier should obviously have known better courts are a lot less sympathetic to “but I was ordered to!” Being ordered to assassinate a political enemy of the president is definitely one of those “you should know better!” examples.
Does a member of the military have the right to refuse the direct order of the president?
If the order is illegal, they’d be in hotter water if they didn’t.
Is that so? I thought one main staple of military ranks was that if the soldier rejects an order because of judicial concerns but the superior tells them to do it anyways the judicial blame is on that superior
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Nope, I was just following orders is no valid defence.
It depends, if the soldier should obviously have known better courts are a lot less sympathetic to “but I was ordered to!”
Being ordered to assassinate a political enemy of the president is definitely one of those “you should know better!” examples.