Not that this court will give a crap but the Supreme Court early on expressly held otherwise—which of course will show again that the court’s new reading of presidential accountability is antithetical to that at the time of the founding. (We know that but still.) en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_...
In that case, the commander of a navy frigate intercepted a ship on the orders of the secretary of the navy, but the secretary’s order was inconsistent with the relevant law passed by Congress. Chief Justice Marshall said the commander was liable for carrying out an illegal act, even with the order
