“I was just following orders.”

— Infamous Nuremberg defense of war crimes

“If the Commander in Chief or other superior gives you an order, and you seriously believe (or know) it is an illegal order, you have the right and a duty not to obey.”

Some would caution that according to the Uniform Code of Military Justice, you “must not” obey it. But you’d better have an unassailably good reason. The older rule from the Code of Conduct, was amended in 1988.

Well, that certainly applies to all members of the military, of course. But what about civilians? Last week, the president said that six Democrats had committed at least insubordination, insurrection and maybe even treason. “Punishable by death,” he concluded. The “crime,” he suggested, was their participation in a video reminding armed s

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