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I don't know anything about the UCMJ, but I wonder if people who executed his orders will be criminally liable in time? What's even more interesting is if they
by notepad0x90 11mo ago
I don't know anything about the UCMJ, but I wonder if people who executed his orders will be criminally liable in time? What's even more interesting is if they can all get a pre-emptive pardon.
- smt88 11mo agoTrump will absolutely give preemptive pardons to everyone in his administration, his family, and himself
- belter 11mo agoBut if a future President...would break the law by ignoring those pardons, the US Supreme Court says such President would be immune so ....
- smt88 11mo agoThere is a huge amount of precedent for these situations in Central and South America (dictators pardoning themselves for crimes against humanity). Sometimes a future regime can overcome the pardons, sometimes not. The current SCOTUS, filled with loyalists, will probably need to change first.
- belter 11mo agoDoD Law of War Manual: "18.3.2.1 Clearly Illegal Orders to Commit Law of War Violations. The requirement to refuse to comply with orders to commit law of war violations applies to orders to perform conduct that is clearly illegal or orders that the subordinate knows, in fact, are illegal. For example, orders to fire upon the shipwrecked would be clearly illegal." ...For example, orders to fire upon the shipwrecked would be clearly illegal...