4 Out Of 5 Us Troops Surveyed Understand Their Duty To Disobey Illegal Orders, Researchers Find

4 Out Of 5 Us Troops Surveyed Understand Their Duty To Disobey Illegal Orders, Researchers Find

4 Out Of 5 Us Troops Surveyed Understand Their Duty To Disobey Illegal Orders, Researchers Find With his Aug. 11, 2025, announcement that he was sending the National Guard — along with federal law enforcement — into Washington, D.C. to fight crime, President Donald Trump edged U.S. troops closer to the kind of military-civilian confrontations that can cross ethical and legal lines. Indeed, since Trump returned to office, many of his actions have alarmed international human rights observers. His administration has deported immigrants without due process, held detainees in inhumane conditions, threatened the forcible removal of Palestinians from the Gaza Strip, and deployed both the National Guard and federal military troops to Los Angeles to quell largely peaceful protests. When a sitting commander-in-chief authorizes acts like these, which many assert are clear violations of the law, men and women in uniform face an ethical dilemma: How should they respond to an order they believe is ill…