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minus-squareOwOarchist@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 days ago ‘preposterous’. meaning ‘not legal’ I don’t think this is necessarily the case. And certainly not a sure thing when reading it into someone else’s words. (And even if it does mean ‘not a legal order’ … does that mean he’ll actually refuse the order?)
minus-squareProudCanadianCitizen@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 days agoHe is obligated by American law to refuse to obey an order that is not legal, subject to imprisonment upon conviction.
I don’t think this is necessarily the case. And certainly not a sure thing when reading it into someone else’s words.
(And even if it does mean ‘not a legal order’ … does that mean he’ll actually refuse the order?)
He is obligated by American law to refuse to obey an order that is not legal, subject to imprisonment upon conviction.