[Red Steel]

Driscoll continued. "There is no scholarly discussion of what constitutes an illegal order or under what circumstances such an order can be disobeyed or must be disobeyed."

Well Driscoll, if the guy who occupies presidential office is not constitutionally qualified, he would not be able to give lawful orders as Commander in Chief, therefore, his orders that flow from that office are unconstitutional.

It's called syllogism. Easy logical deduction that many apparently lack this mental skill.

[Non-Sequitur]

Well Driscoll, if the guy who occupies presidential office is not constitutionally qualified, he would not be able to give lawful orders as Commander in Chief, therefore, his orders that flow from that office are unconstitutional.

What LCOL Driscoll is asking is why that fact, if true, would make any order given by Lakin's brigade commander illegal. A reasonable question and one which the defense was apparently unable to answer.