At West Point :

“… should orders and the law conflict, our officers must obey the law.”

    • Zombie@feddit.uk
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      24 hours ago

      I think they’re going by the Supreme Court’s ruling that everything done in an official capacity by the president is legal, therefore any order Trump gives is the law and thus cannot be illegal.

      It’s stupid, but that’s never stopped them before.

      • greedytacothief@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        40 minutes ago

        Wow, I didn’t even think of that. It’s really dumb and doesn’t hold up to even mild scrutiny but that hasn’t stopped them in the past.