Is ‘I was just following orders’ a valid legal defense for military members?

by Jacobson | Jul 11, 2026

“Is ‘I was just following orders’ a valid legal defense for military members?” The San Francisco Daily Journal and The Los Angeles Daily Journal, January 14, 2026. From Nuremberg, through Mai Lai, and to today’s military law on when a servicemember may, and when a servicemember must disobey an order.