Trump Admin takes over D.C. Policing | Multiple people shot in DC, including two National Guardsman

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“Don’t pay attention to what these people actually said. The words don’t matter. You should be mad because I think they said something completely different than what was captured on video.”

I'm saying the wording doesn't change what I said.

In principle, of course the military shouldn't follow unconstitutional or illegal orders. How is any individual person going to determine what is legal or unconstitutional? Ask their superior? Ask SCOTUS? Do their own research online?

We drone terrorist leaders, which is apparently ok, but a member of the Air Force should know whether or not he/she can bomb a foreign drug boat?

 

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I'm saying the wording doesn't change what I said.

In principle, of course the military shouldn't follow unconstitutional or illegal orders. How is any individual person going to determine what is legal or unconstitutional? Ask their superior? Ask SCOTUS? Do their own research online?

We drone terrorist leaders, which is apparently ok, but a member of the Air Force should know whether or not he/she can bomb a foreign drug boat?

Who said anything about boats? If you are a member of the Army, for example, and your commanding officer orders you to shoot a handcuffed American citizen in the head, you are allowed to refuse that order and litigate it later. Reminding people of the law doesn’t mean that those people are currently breaking the law. If you tell your kids, “don’t do drugs”, it doesn’t mean that your kids are currently on drugs. It is just wise advice in case they are in a position in the future in which they are offered illegal narcotics. The fact that Trump and Republicans are outraged about the notion that soldiers don’t have to follow illegal orders is telling on them.