An order to deploy is not illegal.
If Lakin has evidence that Obama was born outside the US, he needs to present it - but it wouldn’t excuse his refusal to deploy. The deployment would still exist under Biden, or McCain. It is funded by the US Congress.
But Obama will be assumed to be President. The courts will not consider this to be a challenge of Obama’s eligibility. The question will be ignored, and punishment given. Lakin is a nut job.
If Aunt Sadie orders him to deploy, it is not legal.
Are we saying if his superior received orders from Aunt Sadie, the order is valid?
Are we then saying that as long as there is an authority at least one step removed from the wrongful order, that the troops are protected from prosecution?
Are then saying that the only people to challenge the President's authority is the Secretary of Defense, through whom all of Obama’s orders are conveyed?
Where is the right to challenge a usurper?
I don't much like a rule that permits illegal orders to be made righteous through a sufficient number of steps in the chain of command.
If we have no redress through legal process, what are we, as a people, left with to remedy the situation?
Are we a banana republic?