Forget that: Qualified immunity, baby
"A member of the executive branch has a right to presume that the President's orders - given after the President has presumably gotten the benefit of able counsel - are lawful."
There is also every reason to think that this court will expand Trump v. U.S in his second term to extend immunity to those doing his bidding. I.e., “Our holding in Trump v. U.S. demands that government officials be able to enact the will of the executive without fear of criminal proceedings.”
Yeah, one of the things that I've been thinking about in the wake of the decision is how -- legally, anyway -- the military refuses an "illegal" order at this point. It seems to come down to purely a matter of conscience, not legality.
US SCOTUS, making "I was just following orders" safe again in 2024.
This has probably been on the wish list of "fine people" ever since Nuremberg, but probably not "on both sides."
