“we’ve got a ruling by a military judge saying that combat orders are totally independent of a valid President’s decision to use force”
No, you have a military judge stating the obvious: That every state, every member of Congress, the Electoral College & the Supreme Court recognize Obama as President, and that a military court martial isn’t the place to challenge that fact. And under the de facto officer doctrine, if Obama were found to be a space alien, everything he has done as President so far would stand as legally binding.
You are putting words into Lind’s mouth. She said the President is IRRELEVANT to the lawfulness of Lakin’s orders.
And that is a revolutionary claim.