Under the Constitution, the military doesn’t get to decide who is or is not a valid Commander-in-Chief. Folks who read about NBC ought to also read about the Founder’s fears of a standing army, and military interference with the government.
The military trusts the states, voters, Electoral College, Congress and Supreme Court. It will not and MUST NOT try to decide for itself who is an acceptable President!
Our service members take an oath to support and defend the Cosntitution. This isn’t a matter of interfering with government, but of preserving Constitutional integrity.
How, exactly, are military officers supposed to protect the Constitution from domestic enemies?
Give me a scenario where a military officer, without orders from somebody else to use as justification, would protect the Constitution from domestic enemies. Any example will do, but I’d also appreciate an example of how they would do this when the domestic enemy was someone in a position of authority in the military, executive, judicial, or legislative branches of government - the very people most likely to have the opportunity to commit treason AND the people that the military is supposed to leave all questions of eligibility up to (supposedly).
Tell me the route a military officer would follow.
If there is no legal route, then the officer’s oath is really a promise to break the law if necessary to preserve the Constitution. Right?