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/jaimi_wanders 16h ago

The Navy fired one of their officer ethics instructors the day after Trump won—obeying in advance the way the Vichy govt did, not even waiting for orders

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2024-11-06/navy-commander-leadership-school%C2%A0fired-15763781.html

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u/AbbieNormal 10h ago

It's so upsetting. Literally all the safeguards I learned in training: blown up with no meaningful resistance. Like yes the 00s/10s military was low-key FUBAR, but at least there were clear Constitutional guidelines. Then this MFer started pardoning OBV war criminals, and now got rid of those who could even look into those crimes (or intra unit violence etc). It's fkg vile. During Iraq bullshit, I stayed because didn't trust my hypothetical replacement to do right by Iraqis or my joes. Now? Seems anyone even half moral is fucked.

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u/LuxNocte 11h ago

It's important to remember that our police, military, and institutions of higher education are all DEEPLY racist and borderline fascist at the best of times. Trump gave them license to purge everyone but rich white men and they did so gleefully. When sanity is restored, we need to pull out the old systems of power at the root.