The US military is sworn to protect the constitution.
It's time for them to do some protecting.
this post was submitted on 11 Feb 2025
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I was wondering what it would take. They're mostly republicans though, yeah?
They still crank Trump's hog even though he's a draft dodger who called fallen soldiers "suckers” and "losers", and violated the sanctity of Arlington national cemetery for a PR stunt.
The majority of people in the military are uneducated.
Officers are non-partisan in executing their duties, and that's a major point of pride among them. The Pentagon has been preparing to resist Trump if he orders servicemen into the streets.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/08/politics/pentagon-officials-discussing-trump/index.html
We're going to see a purge of the top brass soon enough.
It's strange for me, I'm not as worried this 4 years for some reason. Things are definitely breaking the government, but I wonder if I had read your linked article and have that in the back of my mind or something. I hope I don't get an unpleasant surprise.
Well, according to Agent Orange, the constitution says the president is a god emperor and the military must obey his every order. /s
Trump did say he wants generals as loyal as Hitler's...
An order of Contempt for ignoring a direct court order for the Executive branch by the Judicial branch of US government will mean it is no a Constitutional Republic of Checks and Balances
In theory the congressional branch would weigh in and be the tie breaker in the dispute. If they agree with the contempt of court, then they start an impeachment, and judicial rules on it, and if executive branch continues to not enforce the law, congress can call a militia to uphold the law. If they agree with the executive branch however, the judicial branch can only hurl more words. Words without any functional weight to them. edited: for clarity