I’m trying to figure out your point. What mitigating circumstances are there for Lakin’s failure to obey the lawful orders of three of his superior officers?
Look. You have been real cute avoiding the issue with your “examples.” So let me be clear. *cough* *cough*
In NONE of your examples was there ever ANY QUESTION that George W Bush was NOT a legitmate president making him an ALTOGETHER LEGITIMATE Commander in Chief.
You are good with fashioning points to ponder, but your premise for all of your examples rises and falls on this ONE point.
Apples VS oranges. But you knew dat. Din’t ya? Huh? Huh? Huh?