Clear as mud. Obama's eligibility does not affect the validity of the orders given Lakin by his brigade commander.
Every military order ultimately stems from the authority of the CIC.
If Obama is not duly elected, then every order from there on down is void.
This is an excellent argument, and thanks for giving me the opportunity to bump it to the top again.
Precisely. I think there may have been one or two idiots who tried this line of nonsense during GWB's term (arguing that he had stolen the 200 election and therefore was not legitimately CinC). They didn't get anywhere, either.