Yes, they are legally obliged to disobey illegal orders.
But ultimately, its the judicial system that would decide if their refusal of the orders were acceptable or not.
Soldier facing a court-martial in the US get a panel of their peers, similar to a jury. So their peers could, in theory, do a “jury nullification”.
But, in a court martial, only 3/4 is required to convict, and a general court-martial, where death penalty is not a possible punishment, it requires only 8 members. So you need 3 of the 8 to even try to hang the jury, you need 6 of the 8 to acquit.
(Not a legal expert, just googled it)
There is zero chance that the current composition of the US military will invade Canada.
They’ll need a lot of military purges, and then take like a decade to use propaganda to turn the people against Canadians.
And given the long friendship between USA and Canada, this is very unlikely to happen.
Americans would riot, soldiers to refuse orders. The entire military would splinter into Pro-Constitution and Pro-Maga. A civil war would be fought before the battle ever reached Canada
The Pro-Constitution side would get help from Canada (obviously), so will many European countries.
Russia would probabbly help the Pro-Maga side.
I think China would just not get involved, and focus on their own thing: Taiwan.
Yes, they are legally obliged to disobey illegal orders.
But ultimately, its the judicial system that would decide if their refusal of the orders were acceptable or not.
Soldier facing a court-martial in the US get a panel of their peers, similar to a jury. So their peers could, in theory, do a “jury nullification”.
But, in a court martial, only 3/4 is required to convict, and a general court-martial, where death penalty is not a possible punishment, it requires only 8 members. So you need 3 of the 8 to even try to hang the jury, you need 6 of the 8 to acquit.
(Not a legal expert, just googled it)
There is zero chance that the current composition of the US military will invade Canada.
They’ll need a lot of military purges, and then take like a decade to use propaganda to turn the people against Canadians.
And given the long friendship between USA and Canada, this is very unlikely to happen.
Americans would riot, soldiers to refuse orders. The entire military would splinter into Pro-Constitution and Pro-Maga. A civil war would be fought before the battle ever reached Canada
The Pro-Constitution side would get help from Canada (obviously), so will many European countries.
Russia would probabbly help the Pro-Maga side.
I think China would just not get involved, and focus on their own thing: Taiwan.