Its literally your job to refuse an illegal order as a US service member.
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This. I don't think Miller knows just how much his own side doesn't like him. He does have people over him with more power who keep him around because he's useful, and they protect him because he's useful, but once he's outlived his usefulness, they'll wash their hands of him.
If it walks like a Stephen Miller and quacks like a Stephen Miller, it is probably a nazi.
An admission that orders issued soon will be illegal
Miller fails to recognize the Nuremberg Trials, Following illegal orders is inexcusable in a courtroom.
That mouth looks like it does the same things as Trump’s mouth
"It is insurrection, plainly, directly, without question," Miller later told Fox News. "It's a general call for rebellion from the CIA and the armed services of the United States by Democrat lawmakers, saying that you have not only the right, but the duty and the obligation to defy orders of the commander-in-chief that those who carry weapons in America's name should defy their chain of command and engage in open acts of insurrection."
It's a short article that's mostly his quotes, worth the read.
Is Stephen Miller A Sociopath? Examining His Controversial Actions And Rhetoric
Signs And Symptoms
Identifying sociopathy involves recognizing specific signs and symptoms. Here are common indicators:
Disregard for Laws and Social Norms ✅
Sociopaths often ignore rules and boundaries, engaging in illegal or unethical behaviors without remorse.
Frequent Lying ✅
Sociopaths tell lies with ease, using them to gain trust or manipulate others. They may present a false image of themselves to achieve their goals.
Inability to Form Lasting Relationships ✅
Sociopaths struggle to maintain deep relationships, often viewing others as tools for personal benefit.
Easily Bored ✅
Sociopaths frequently seek new thrills. This need for stimulation can lead to risky behavior and frequent changes in jobs or relationships.
Hostility and Irritability ✅
Sociopaths may exhibit aggressive behaviors when challenged or threatened, leading to conflicts in various settings.
Personally, a user made summary or even just copy pasting some of the more compelling bullet points would be preferable to AI summary.
It’s copied directly from the article.
Weird, I scrolled through but didn’t see any of the ✅emojis and assumed it was. Either way, my bad.
"It is insurrection, plainly, directly, without question," Miller later told Fox News. "It's a general call for rebellion from the CIA and the armed services of the United States by Democrat lawmakers, saying that you have not only the right, but the duty and the obligation to defy orders of the commander-in-chief that those who carry weapons in America's name should defy their chain of command and engage in open acts of insurrection."
Always lovely how on Fox news you can twist words, twist reality, outright lie, it's all fine, because as they claim themselves z they're not a news channel but an entertainment channel. Even sued the government to be able to lie...
And these magats just eat it up like cupcakes
I challenged Stephen Miller to a fist fight, but that chicken fucker didn’t respond.
Nah. I challenged him because I’m sure I can easily win. I’m a 5’4” woman who doesn’t exercise. I’m confident I can make him cry.

Why not a tag team wrestling match? I'll be on your side.
"Rebellion!" Screams the chronic angry man who is giving illegal orders that would be treason, regardless of who is giving the order.
Good soldiers know they are fighting for the constitution and the american citizenry. I don't think we need to be worried about Stefan Mueller for too much longer.
After all this is over and Stephen Miller is placed under arrest or whatever else it may be, I will celebrate in the streets.
They need to make Miller sit down in an austere interrogation room with only a recording of Charlie Kirk talking about how executions need to be televised and force children to watch.
And over that audio recording an AI video of... well... whatever is it you imagine it should be.
Miller has a face that makes it clear he has a micro penis
Oh Stephen miller is in the news?
Perfect! Over a year old but by God there's no better Stephen miller interview.
Only watch if you want to see Stephen miller shoutting getting red in the face yelling at a very calm persistent venezuelan journalist.
Troops don't have Trumpy immunity, they should tread carefully when ordered to violate the constitution while orange Hitler bypasses congress in his new wars
I don't know how to archive videos on x, but here it is: https://x.com/SenatorSlotkin/status/1990774492356902948
It's pretty fucked up that we're at the point of relying on service members to decide that an order is unlawful. The Uniform Code of Military Justice doesn't exactly side with the military members in this instance, but it also doesn't explicitly prohibit it. Here are some crib notes from the US Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces.
United States v. Sterling, 75 M.J. 407 (a lawful order must relate to military duty, which includes all activities reasonably necessary to accomplish a military mission, or safeguard or promote the morale, discipline, and usefulness of members of a command and directly connected with the maintenance of good order in the service).
(the dictates of a person’s conscience, religion, or personal philosophy cannot justify or excuse the disobedience of an otherwise lawful order).
(an order is presumed to be lawful, and the accused bears the burden of rebutting the presumption).
(to be lawful, an order must (1) have a valid military purpose, and (2) be clear, specific, and narrowly drawn; in addition, the order must not conflict with the statutory or constitutional rights of the person receiving the order).
If chain of command is always followed, then the orders will be neutered before they can be carried out.
While any superior officer can circumvent subordinates, as far as I understand it, this would be highly unusual, insulting, and self-disparaging. Technically Miller himself could give the orders to specific troops to carry out, but as soon as his orders are issued, the troops commanding officer can belay those and issue their own.
There is a reason tyrants don't like chain of command.
Edit: Stephen Miller is just Policy Chief of Staff. Basically a talking head at this point. No actual ability to give orders
Classic FOX blaming the "Democrats" from the civil war, which were in fact what we call today Republicans.
He‘s wrong on so many levels. He doesn’t even get the name of the party right. It’s the Democrat_**ic **_ party.
They do that deliberately. You see that a lot among Republicans. I assume it's similar motivations as when they say the US is "a republic, not a democracy". Apparently it irks them that they have democracy in the name.
Yeah, I know. It seems so childish.
They have been doing it for decades. I'm fairly certain Newt got them to do it as part of his intentional strategy to divide Washington (then, in lockstep, all these fuckers started talking about how "divisive" Obama is, imagine that) with his GOPAC training.
But it predates even that by decades.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democrat_Party_(epithet)
It annoys me because every time I hear some brat of a Republican in a high position use it, they sound exactly like that stupid kid that knew that "ain't" is not a word, but they'd say it anyway to annoy teachers (or anyone that knows the English language, really). Or when you hear someone who has probably been corrected a thousand times on words like "supposedly" still say "supposably".
It just sounds like a defiant jackass demonstrating the Peter principle.
I wish to Zeus that reporters would make a pact to ALL start asking Republicans that do this simple questions such as: "You don't know the proper name of the DemocratIC Party?" or "Surely you know the name is the DemocratIC Party? Why don't you say the right name?" or "Do realize how childish your entire party comes off when you cannot even say 'the DemocratIC Party'?"
Really just shame these motherfuckers. At every chance when they do this. I wish Democratic Senators and Reps would do it on the floor, too. Same with guests on outlets like Faux, because Faux does it, too.
It's not a huge thing, but the complete childishness of the Republicans ALL doing it nearly uniformly should be pointed out as the childish and juvenile bullshit that it is.
Didn't they already downplay the whole insurrection thing? Hard to take these clowns seriously.
Our insurrection was invading the capital with the intention of killing the Vice President!
Your insurrection is telling the army it is okay to refuse to attack US citizens!
Well, I don't think this makes any difference. Half of US soldiers' and their families' lives depend fully on the money from their service. The other half are sadists and psychopaths, either from the start or became so during their time in the military. How many of them realistically want to and/or are able to refuse orders?
Furthermore, I'm curious how many soldiers even realize they are legally protected if they refuse illegal orders, and would be prosecuted for following them. I wouldn't be surprised if this topic was conveniently skipped or covered very briefly during new recruits' training and classes.
The UCMJ is a huge part of training and members know they are able to refuse unlawful orders. The trouble is distinguishing what is unlawful. They certainly don’t have international law degrees and nobody can be fully up to speed on all treaties and mutual aid agreements.



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