“Ultimately, we want lawyers who give sound constitutional advice and don’t exist to attempt to be roadblocks to anything that happens in their spots.”
TRANSLATION: Trump and I want lawyers who won’t warn or try to stop us when we order the US military to do anything illegal.
It’s coming. Soon.
TRANSLATION: Trump and I want lawyers who won’t warn or try to stop us when we order the US military to do anything illegal.
It’s coming. Soon.
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Aaron Rupar
Hegseth says firing of top military lawyers was about making sure "they don't exist to be roadblocks to anything that happens."
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And while the CJCS has no operational authority, he does play a key role in transmitting any presidential order authorizing a nuclear strike down the chain of command from the NMCC to STRATCOM and/or USAFE.
But this is NOT a company.
It is a country.
And a Democracy
With 3 branches of government
I hope that they learn that the hard way.
Like Scared Straight hard way.
Start war in Korea
Start war in Vietnam
Invade Afghanistan
Invade Iraq
Kidnap people off the streets of countries around the world.
Gitmo torture and murder.
Etc, etc, etc.
Martial law is what this new regime would probably like a pretext to impose, based on Trump's past comments and actions.
Is this about expanding the role of troops at the border?
Is this about ethnically cleansing Gaza?
Is this about attacking Mexican cartels?
Is this about invading Canada or Greenland?
Is this anticipating protests and clearing the way to shoot American citizens?
The ABA agrees.
This will take every single one of us. No sitting out this one folks.