DEFIANCE.ORG

“only lawful ORDERS” CAMPAIGN

defiance.org & whistleblower aid have launched a national campaign to ensure U.S. servicemembers are prepared, protected, & empowered to obey lawful orders, refuse illegal orders, and access legal resources to know the difference.

if you’re a member of the u.s. military and believe you have received a “manifestly illegal order,” go to

No Unlawful Orders.org, or

ordersproject.com

INCLUDING information about lawful reporting options & access to independent legal resources.

the first wave of our public awareness campaign is focused on the military communities around

u.s. southern command & U.S. special operations command

  • “A general order or regulation is lawful unless it is contrary to the Constitution, the laws of the United States, or lawful superior orders.”

    — Manual for Courts-Martial, Part IV, ¶18.c.(1)(c)


  • “An order requiring the performance of a military duty or act may be inferred to be lawful, and it is disobeyed at the peril of the subordinate. This inference does not apply to a patently illegal order, such as one that directs the commission of a crime.”

    — Manual for Courts-Martial, Part IV, ¶14.c.(2)(a)(i)


  • “The duty to disobey an unlawful order applies only to a positive act that constitutes a crime that is so manifestly beyond the legal power or discretion of the commander as to admit of no rational doubt of their unlawfulness.”

    – Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces (United States v. Huet-Vaughn)

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