(12-03-2020, 02:38 AM)Black Aeronaut Wrote:(12-02-2020, 04:20 PM)robkelk Wrote: Woah. That sounds like sedition to me. If it is, then it wouldn't be covered by the pardon... unless your legal system is so thoroughly borked that legal action can be taken before commission of an act. Please tell me that your legal system isn't that thoroughly borked.
That's more in the realms of the Uniform Code of Military Justice. While officers do have to say "How high?" when the President says "Jump", they are not obligated to follow an order such as "Shoot that guy on the corner - the one holding the picket sign."
A pardon cannot cover every single thing not specifically related to the pardon. Nixon was pardoned for anything pertaining to Watergate. If he knocked over a bank afterwards, the pardon would not cover that.
Also, that bit about the UCMJ is true. Trump cannot order any military officer or enlisted man to do anything that would be considered unlawful. Trump can lawfully order them into combat against a declared foe. He cannot order the execution of any random person he does not like without clear evidence of treason worthy of being shot on the spot as the only practicable remedy under law.