That's why what this guy is doing is so misguided. He didn't disobey any orders from Obama, he disobeyed his commanders' orders. The President never signed any order I ever got or saw. Obama's authority and birth certificate won't be issues and won't be addressed in the trial.
He is destroying his career and possibly going to prison for nothing. It's senseless.
I’m picking up that the trick is in the deployment order, that only via chain of command originating at the Commander in Chief can a deployment order to foreign soil be properly executed. I have not as yet seen anyone point to a specific authority for that position.
Concur. As a matter of practicality, it is impossible for every set of orders to come from the President. Authority is delegated. This court will be decided on the practicality of the chain of command making decisions and issuing orders. There will be involvement of Obama or his birth certificate in this matter at all.
The law is not necessarily interested in the truth. Sometimes it is just a matter of pragmatism.
not sure now...but i seem to recall when I got the call for Iraq I was called to duty from the president of the united states...not my brigade commander....but then again i was in the guard