Wednesday, November 26, 2025

Can military members refuse orders?

 https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/explainer-military-members-refuse-orders/story?id=127865412

Members of the U.S. military have the legal right to refuse orders they believe are unlawful, but they risk violating military laws of obedience if the order is in fact lawful, experts in military law say.

Sen. Elissa Slotkin, a former CIA officer who participated in the video, told ABC News' "This Week" on Sunday that the lawmakers put out the video because they had been approached directly by military officers with concerns.

"We've had report after report of legal officers, JAG officers, coming forward and saying, 'Look, I push back on this. I'm not sure that this is legal,'" Slotkin said. "There is such things as illegal orders. That's why it's in the Uniform Code of Military Justice. Going back to Nuremberg, right? And it's just a -- it's a totally benign statement."

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