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Is there anything in betweenit legal for a US military servicemember to disobey a lawful ordersorder that must be obeyed andthey reasonably believed was unlawful orders that must be disobeyed?

In the US military (and I would assume all militaries?) a servicemember must obey an order from a superior officer if the order is lawful; however, if complying would require the commission of a crime, the order is unlawful and must be disobeyed. Is there any "gray area" in whichWould a court-martial wouldever rule that it would have been legal to obey an order, but (for example) the servicemember reasonably believed it was unlawful and was therefore justified in refusing to comply? Has such a ruling ever actually happened?

Is there anything in between lawful orders that must be obeyed and unlawful orders that must be disobeyed?

In the US military (and I would assume all militaries?) a servicemember must obey an order from a superior officer if the order is lawful; however, if complying would require the commission of a crime, the order is unlawful and must be disobeyed. Is there any "gray area" in which a court-martial would rule that it would have been legal to obey an order, but (for example) the servicemember reasonably believed it was unlawful and was therefore justified in refusing to comply?

Is it legal for a US military servicemember to disobey a lawful order that they reasonably believed was unlawful?

In the US military (and I would assume all militaries?) a servicemember must obey an order from a superior officer if the order is lawful; however, if complying would require the commission of a crime, the order is unlawful and must be disobeyed. Would a court-martial ever rule that it would have been legal to obey an order, but the servicemember reasonably believed it was unlawful and was therefore justified in refusing to comply? Has such a ruling ever actually happened?

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Is there anything in between lawful orders that must be obeyed and unlawful orders that must be disobeyed?

In the US military (and I would assume all militaries?) a servicemember must obey an order from a superior officer if the order is lawful; however, if complying would require the commission of a crime, the order is unlawful and must be disobeyed. Is there any "gray area" in which a court-martial would rule that it would have been legal to obey an order, but (for example) the servicemember reasonably believed it was unlawful and was therefore justified in refusing to comply?