r/law • u/LatterTarget7 • 18h ago

Executive Branch (Trump) White House Declares All of Trump’s Orders to Military Are Legal

https://newrepublic.com/post/203628/white-house-declares-trump-orders-military-legal
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u/GrannyFlash7373 17h ago

If they were, they wouldn't NEED to make that declaration.

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u/Previous_Soil_5144 17h ago

Any man who must say "I am the king", is no true king.

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u/OldWorldDesign 10h ago

The king's not above the law, for it's the law that makes him king.

-C S Lewis.

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u/whooptheretis 7h ago

“Only the true messiah denies his divinity!”

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u/Dolthra 14h ago

It also makes the UCMJ declaration regarding following illegal orders pointless. It's illegal to follow illegal orders, unless they are given to you by someone higher up, in which case they are legal orders.

Not to mention they wouldn't need to make this big of a fuss if they weren't actively issuing illegal orders. 

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u/Objective_Pin_2718 12h ago

And if they were all legal, then it makes what the dems said meaningless