The Response to Renee Good’s Killing Shows the Power of Bearing Witness
The Trump administration is making every effort to criminalize community observing. That only proves its power.The Response to Renee Good’s Killing Shows the Power of Bearing Witness
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🛑 #HasanAbi Shares #NLG’s “#ShutTheFuckUp #KnowYourRights PSA Before #Protest
Your reminder from NLG to SHUT THE FUCK UP: https://youtu.be/nWEpW6KOZDs

The best time to shut the fuck up was 20yrs ago, the next best time to shut the fuck up is today.
https://nlgmltf.org/military-law/2025/mltf-statement-on-u-s-bombing-of-iran/
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(June 23, 2025) This statement can also be viewed/printed in PDF format here The Military Law Task Force of the National Lawyers Guild unequivocally condemns the bombing of Iran by U.S. forces– a clear violation of both US and international law, executed without democratic approval or a legitimate national security justification. The attack threatens the […]
https://nlgmltf.org/military-law/2025/faq-on-refusing-illegal-orders/
New FAQ from the #MilitaryLaw Task Force of the #NationalLawyersGuild regarding illegal orders
Please share it with any military servicemembers in your life.
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This FAQ (drafted by members of the MLTF) can also be found in printable PDF format here: Illegal Orders FAQ – 11NOV2025 DoD Instruction 1325.06 permits a servicemember to possess a single copy of this document. FAQs on refusing illegal orders Version 2 – released November 11, 2025 Do I have the right to […]
The Marines are trained in combat, not crowd control, writes Marjorie Cohn. People are likely to get hurt. By Marjorie Cohn Truthout Four and a half months after his inauguration, Donald Trump is exercising his authoritarian chops, targeting immigrants in the state he most despises — Cali
Excerpt: Trump’s deployment of military forces to L.A., and particularly an invocation of the Insurrection Act, will create a legal and ethical dilemma for service members. “Soldiers have not only a right, but a duty, to refuse illegal orders; yet the legality of those orders would be determined by courts-martial of refusers. And service members have a moral obligation not to harm the innocent; yet such harm would be inevitable if troops are used against civilians here,” Kathleen Gilberd, executive director of the National Lawyers Guild’s Military Law Task Force (MLTF), told Truthout.
The task force said in a statement that it is “opposed to the use of military forces to ‘put down’ or ‘control’ the heartfelt reactions by community members to workplace immigration raids in Los Angeles and other cities.” Moreover, it added:
"The MLTF will be developing a more comprehensive plan of action, including the use of Article 138 of the UCMJ and the Nuremberg Principles. For now, we pledge our support for members of the National Guard and the active-duty military personnel who are opposed to attacking and killing those who oppose the illegal and immoral removal of undocumented workers."
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STATEMENT BY THE MILITARY LAW TASK FORCE OF THE NATIONAL LAWYERS GUILD ON THE USE OF THE NATIONAL GUARD AND ACTIVE-DUTY TROOPS TO CONTROL THE OPPOSITION TO I.C.E. AND D.H.S. ATTEMPTS TO REMOVE UNDOCUMENTED WORKERS.
The Military Law Task Force of the National Lawyers Guild is opposed to the use of military forces to “put down” or “control” the heartfelt reactions by community members to workplace immigration raids in Los Angeles and other cities.
The Trump administration claims the use of the troops is necessary because local police are incapable of protecting the masked, non-uniformed, but heavily armed, federal forces from ICE, DHS, ATF and the FBI. Nothing could be further from the truth.
In California, for example, Governor Gavin Newsom has denounced the use of military troops as a dangerous escalation of the confrontations. We agree. We remember how National Guard Troops fired on student anti-war protestors at American universities.
The MLTF will be developing a more comprehensive plan of action, including the use of Article 138 of the UCMJ and the Nuremberg Principles. For now, we pledge our support for members of the National Guard and the active-duty military personnel who are opposed to attacking and killing those who oppose the illegal and immoral removal of undocumented workers.
It is important for servicemembers to recall in these moments that each step in a chain of orders must be legal for their orders to be legal – including whether those orders are issued under the appropriate authority.
Service members with questions about illegal or unjust orders can contact the MLTF at (619) 463-2369 for a referral to an attorney to discuss their rights.
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