A note from a human rights lawyer to members of the U.S. Armed Forces: If you are directed to execute illegal orders, remember, declaring “I was just following orders” was not deemed a valid defense during the Nuremberg trials, and it won’t be a valid defense here either.

You have an oath to the U.S. Constitition and due process of law. Honor that—not the illegal orders of a 34X convicted felon.

@QasimRashid A counterpoint - nearly no one who „just followed orders” in Cambodia, Serbia, Russia, Transnistria, Israel, Palestine, Iran, Syria etc. had faced any meaningful consequences.

The future in which that’s not a valid defense is nowhere near being certain. The future in which a defense is needed isn’t assured either.