Tag: illegal orders

CLE Training: The Limits of the Illegal Orders Defense and Possible Alternative Protections Under Military Law during the 2020 Presidential Election and its aftermath

Picture of young national guard troops marching, carrying weapons. Text below reads, "The Limits of the Illegal Orders Defense and Possible Alternative Protections Under Military Law during the 2020 Presidential Election and its aftermath"

Topic/Background: During the last four years of the Trump administration, we have seen a growing use of military units in politicized ways against civilian populations in this country, including in the deployments to the US border and the more recent deployments of…Read More »

Facing War in the Middle East: A Test of Conscience for GIs

Critical legal information for US servicemembers concerned about the legality and morality of deployment to and orders about the Middle East and war against Iran by James M. Branum, Jeff Lake and Kathleen Gilberd January, 2020 URL: nlgmltf.org/unlawful-orders-middle-east PDF: Thinking about Unlawful…Read More »

News Release: MLTF publishes guidance on refusing possibly illegal orders

Deployed to the Border: A Test of Conscience for GI’s to be distributed to servicemembers who are part of President Trump’s military response to refugees from Central America Download and print cards to distribute to deployed troops. OKLAHOMA CITY – The Military…Read More »

Deployed to the Border: A Test of Conscience for Gi’s

Use the button to download a PDF version of this memo for offline reading/printing. Download and print cards to distribute to deployed troops. by James M. Branum November 2018 Critical legal information for US servicemembers concerned about the legality of orders to…Read More »