President Donald Trump’s pick for the No. 2 post on the Joint Chiefs of Staff told lawmakers that he’d push back against unlawful orders and follow the directives of the courts.

The comments from Marine Corps Gen. Christopher Mahoney, who’s in line to become vice chair of the Joint Chiefs, came under questioning on Thursday before the U.S. Senate’s Armed Services Committee.

"If I am ever put into a situation where 38 years of an oath is put at risk to do something different, the answer is simple: I will adhere to my oath to the Constitution,” he said, according to Stars & Stripes , the military newspaper. “That is what is expected.

If he’s confirmed, Mahoney, who has served as the Marine Corps’ commandant, would become the nation’s second-highest ranking military officer, serving behi

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