[Tailback]

Lt. Col. Lakin is disobeying a lawful order by his commanders

Is he? Is it a lawful order if the CiC is not eligible for the position? How would we know?

[presently no screen name]

Exactly. This is nothing like the Lt LT Watada’s case, were he went against orders (considered it an unlawful war) but not against the one giving the orders.

And the final results of that were - no court martial and....
The Army appealed to the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in November, 2008. But after the Obama administration took office, the Justice Department asked the court to drop the case, which was dismissed on May 6, 2009.

[little jeremiah]

If someone not the President snuck into the Oval Office and signed some bill, order or whatever, or made a phone call, which resulted in military action, that would be unlawful orders, since the person doing the initial order is not the real President.

Well, 0bama is not a real President. So his orders are not lawful. He’s not real because he doesn’t meet the Constitutional eligibilty requirement, in at least one way and maybe more.