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The law is clear that service members can disobey illegal orders.

The duty to disobey manifestly illegal orders is a cornerstone of international law, with foundations in Nazi atrocities-related post-World War II trials like Nuremberg.

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Miss Mortimer spoke in that stern headmistress tone that no Swanburne girl had ever found the will to disobey.

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He’d already disobeyed his mother by leaving the apartment while she was at work.

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He demands total obedience and promises punishment if we disobey.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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