If the Democrats in the 90-second video that has received so much attention this week had done their homework on the Uniform Code of Military Justice, they would have known that Article 92 prohibits the failure to obey any lawful general order or regulation as well as any other lawful order that a service member has a duty to obey ( “Trump says Democrats’ video message to military is ‘seditious behavior’ punishable by death,” Nov. 20).

However, service members have a duty to disobey unlawful orders. The question is, what constitutes an unlawful order? “An order is considered unlawful if it is contrary to the Constitution, U.S. laws, or a lawful superior order, or if it directs the commission of a crime,” or at least so I have read online. The lawfulness of an order is a question of law

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