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Wall Street Journal article (January 10, 2020)
Media watchdogs, ethics groups, Democratic lawmakers and multiple trackers characterize aspects of President Trump’s conduct as unusually conflict-ridden and corrupt compared with recent administratio...
President Trump posted and reposted messages calling Democratic lawmakers “TRAITORS” and labeling their actions “SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR, punishable by DEATH,” language that multiple outlets report as endo...
Federal law does not use a standalone civilian crime labeled simply “sedition” with a death penalty; the federal offense most commonly invoked is “seditious conspiracy,” which carries a maximum prison...
There is no allegation in the available reporting that the U.S. military has definitively carried out an illegal order under the Trump administration; reporters and legal experts instead focus on a re...
The claim that "Democrats in Congress want open borders" is by the source material provided. Recent congressional actions and public proposals from Democratic lawmakers emphasize pathways to legal sta...
The available reporting does not provide a comprehensive historical list of every military officer ever court‑martialed for refusing orders; recent coverage centers on a 2025 controversy over Democrat...
Refusals of military orders happen across history in two broad categories: lawful disobedience of manifestly illegal orders (e.g., orders to target civilians) and acts of insubordination or political ...
President Trump posted on Truth Social and reposted comments on November 20, 2025, saying the Democratic lawmakers’ video urging service members to refuse unlawful orders was “SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR, puni...
Reporting around November 18–21, 2025 centers on a short video by six Democratic lawmakers telling service members “You can refuse illegal orders” and urging them to uphold the oath to the Constitutio...
Historic U.S. and international reporting in the current sources does not list a simple roll-call of “landmark” cases that systematically cleared soldiers who claimed they were following illegal order...
A range of reforms from academics, legal groups, and Democratic lawmakers would narrow when and how a president may invoke the Insurrection Act, add time limits and reporting or congressional-approval...
Whistleblowers and survivors have raised explicit concerns that Epstein-related records were mishandled or concealed, and Democratic lawmakers have formally asked for an inspector-general audit to det...
U.S. military law treats orders as presumptively lawful but imposes a duty to disobey those that are “patently illegal” — namely orders that violate the Constitution, federal law, military regulations...
Service members are legally required to obey lawful orders and to refuse patently unlawful ones; Article 92 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) and the Manual for Courts‑Martial frame that ...
Military policy requires service members to obey lawful orders and disobey unlawful ones, but training and culture make refusal complicated: surveys cited show most troops recognize the duty to refuse...
Reporting shows that President Trump publicly accused six Democratic lawmakers of “seditious behavior” for urging U.S. service members to refuse unlawful orders; legal experts, news organizations and ...
Civilian control of the military means elected civilians set policy and issue lawful orders, while military personnel must obey lawful commands but reject clearly unlawful ones — a balancing point rep...
Service members legally may refuse or challenge orders that are clearly unlawful; military law and multiple legal commentators say the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) requires obedience to law...
President Trump called a group of Democratic lawmakers’ video “seditious behavior, punishable by DEATH,” prompting condemnation and fact-checking: U.S. civilian law does not have a standalone “seditio...
Democratic lawmakers oppose the proposed “clean” continuing resolution chiefly because it does not extend the enhanced Affordable Care Act (ACA) tax credits and keeps spending at levels they say fall ...