Beautiful. I'm a retired First Sargent (1978-2000) and love that such help is available to these soldiers that are soldiers. This new secretary of defense is not a soldier. He may have don the uniform once but he's no soldier. He's there to do what he's told, period. An abuser of women and a drunk.
If someone is ordered to violate their constitutional oath and they do it, are they legally responsible for their actions? Could they be prosecuted at a later time??
Yes. Service members are obligated to disobey unconstitutional orders. The problem is regular people trying to determine whether an order is illegal or not. The obvious ones like murder are easy; the ones with nuance are harder to figure out.
There are actions in place if you know how to use them. Stating out loud that it would be in violation is one. Then refusal. They would need someone else to do it and arrest you, thus prompting an inquiry. Or they could threaten you. Then you make damn sure it is documented (by you and others).
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