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Lindsay P Cohn

@lindsaypcohn.bsky.social

Folks we are watching the adjudication of some of the most important constitutional issues of federalism, executive discretion, and judicial review since the 19th c

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Judge issues new broader order barring any National Guard from relocating to Oregon

Judge asked federal government lawyer: 'Do you believe this is an appropriate way to deal with a judge’s order that you disagree with?'

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Foreign Policy

@foreignpolicy.com

While every administration has fired some military leaders, none has relieved so many, so early in their tenure, and in this dramatic fashion.

How Military Leaders Should Respond to Trump’s Norm-Busting

There’s no shame in getting fired when it is not for cause.

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Eric M. Murphy

@ericmmurphy.bsky.social

Looking forward to getting my own copy of @kschake.bsky.social’s book, and this excerpt certainly whet’s the appetite.

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Kori Schake

@kschake.bsky.social

Grateful to @breakingdefense.com for running an excerpt from my book. Thank you, @aaronmehta.bsky.social 🙂

Can America's trust in its military survive the present moment? [Book excerpt] - Breaking Defense

An excerpt from The State And The Soldier: A History Of Civil-military Relations In The United States written by Kori Schake of AEI.

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Aaron Mehta

@aaronmehta.bsky.social

Happy to present a small excerpt from @kschake.bsky.social 's upcoming book, sure to be a masterpiece.

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Can America's trust in its military survive the present moment? [Book excerpt] - Breaking Defense

An excerpt from The State And The Soldier: A History Of Civil-military Relations In The United States written by Kori Schake of AEI.

breakingdefense.com

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Michael Robinson

@eclipticevader7.bsky.social

let’s gooooooooo

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Lindsay P Cohn

@lindsaypcohn.bsky.social

So, sending troops to Chicago or Baltimore would be much more complicated than either LA or DC.
🧵

James McGuire @gozermac.bsky.social · Sep 2

@lindsaypcohn.bsky.social do you have any insight on the authority to operate in IL? I get the base but leaving the base what stops local cops from stopping them?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Sep 2

Pritzker: "I refuse to pretend that any of this is normal ... I refuse to fall into the pundit trap that demands we sacrifice vital constitutional rights if it's being done in the fake guise of fighting crime."

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James McGuire

@gozermac.bsky.social

@lindsaypcohn.bsky.social do you have any insight on the authority to operate in IL? I get the base but leaving the base what stops local cops from stopping them?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Sep 2

Pritzker: "I refuse to pretend that any of this is normal ... I refuse to fall into the pundit trap that demands we sacrifice vital constitutional rights if it's being done in the fake guise of fighting crime."

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Greg Jaffe

@gregjaffe.bsky.social

The Pentagon is restoring a portrait of Gen. Robert E. Lee, which includes a slave guiding the Confederate general’s horse in the background, to the West Point library three years after a congressionally mandated commission ordered it removed, officials said.

www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/u...

Pentagon Is Reinstalling Portrait of Confederate General at West Point Library

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Brad Heath

@bradheath.bsky.social

National Guard soldiers called into service for President Trump's law enforcement surge in D.C. have been assigned to spread mulch at federal monuments.

Normally the Park Service does that, but the administration laid off the workers.

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Kori Schake

@kschake.bsky.social

I love the photo — it’s 1943, FDR in Morocco enroute to the Casablanca conference, being saluted by soldiers whose shadow you see, generals (including Patton and Devers) arrayed saluting both the president and soldiers, FDR’s hat and hand over his heart.

Kori Schake @kschake.bsky.social · Aug 27

I just received my first copy of the book!

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Kori Schake

@kschake.bsky.social

I just received my first copy of the book!

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Jess Booshain 👻

@profjessblankshain.bsky.social

I've noticed that "disobey unlawful orders" has become something of a get out of jail free card when it comes to difficult civil-military relations discussions. Up there with "oath to the Constitution."

Tim Mathews @timmathews.bsky.social · Feb 26

I often see people reposting a paraphrase of the “Nuremberg defense.” The paraphrase is that “I was following orders” is not a defense. To be clear, this “defense” only fails for patently unlawful orders.

It is not relevant in 99.9% of cases. Actions of most employees will not be patently unlawful.

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Tim Mathews

@timmathews.bsky.social

I often see people reposting a paraphrase of the “Nuremberg defense.” The paraphrase is that “I was following orders” is not a defense. To be clear, this “defense” only fails for patently unlawful orders.

It is not relevant in 99.9% of cases. Actions of most employees will not be patently unlawful.

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NPR

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A whistleblower complaint says that the personal data of over 300 million Americans was copied to a private cloud account to allow access by members of the Department of Government Efficiency team.

Whistleblower says Trump officials copied millions of Social Security numbers

A whistleblower complaint says that the personal data of over 300 million Americans was copied to a private cloud account to allow access by members of the Department of Government Efficiency team.

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James

@gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social

Here, I wrote about how Trump's use of the National Guard and active duty military in American cities isn't primarily a problem of civil-military relations.

othermeans.io/p/huntington...

Huntington Won't Save Us

This isn't a Problem of Civil-Military Relations

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Secretary of Defense Rock

@sodrock.bsky.social

The thing that blows my mind is there were dudes resigning over not having enough troops to invade Iraq and a entire “revolt of the generals” over the bush administrations handling of Iraq but when it comes to yet another deployment of active duty troops…radio silence

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · Aug 24

The safety of the people of Illinois is always my top priority.

There is no emergency that warrants the President of the United States federalizing the Illinois National Guard, deploying the National Guard from other states, or sending active duty military within our own borders.

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Kori Schake

@kschake.bsky.social

The more this happens, the less Americans will like and respect our military.

NPR @npr.org · Aug 20

The military vehicle, which is designed to withstand explosive attacks, collided with a "civilian vehicle" just after 6 a.m. on Wednesday in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Washington, D.C.

One civilian injured in crash with D.C. National Guard military vehicle

The military vehicle, which is designed to withstand explosive attacks, collided with a "civilian vehicle" just after 6 a.m. on Wednesday in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Washington, D.C.

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