Six Democratic members of Congress with extensive backgrounds in national defense and intelligence released a short video on social media on Nov. 18 directed at fellow service members. “This administration is pitting our uniformed military and intelligence community professionals against American citizens,” their joint statement warns.
The statement reminds service members: “Like us, you all swore an oath to protect and defend this Constitution.” The members of Congress then repeatedly remind listeners that service members are legally obligated to refuse any order they believe to be illegal or unconstitutional.
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Their shared concern was reportedly sparked by the consistent U.S. military strikes on boats in the Caribbean. Those strikes are widely understood as illegal under both international and U.S. law, putting the service members involved with those strikes in a legal quagmire.
President Donald Trump’s Department of Justice claimed in an internal opinion, however, that the service members involved with these missions cannot be held legally liable for their actions.
