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4. Nuremberg established that Individuals are legally accountable for unlawful acts even if committed under orders

Reply to kentuck (Original post)

Sun Nov 23, 2025, 05:16 PM

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Justice Robert H. Jackson, a Supreme Court Justice and the chief U.S. prosecutor at Nuremberg, established the modern doctrine that individuals are legally accountable for unlawful acts even if committed under orders—a principle that underpins today’s U.S. military law and the Nuremberg Principle IV.

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"I was just following orders" is not a legal excuse. [View all] kentuck 16 hrs ago OP

Not only that, they need to start pointing out that being told the order is legal by their superiors RockRaven 16 hrs ago #1

I'm sorry, but the last people I would ask if I felt an order was not legal odins folly 16 hrs ago #2

However, "That is an illegal order and it's my duty to refuse it," viva la 15 hrs ago #3

I think they need something like the Supreme Court for our military. kentuck 11 hrs ago #6

Nuremberg established that Individuals are legally accountable for unlawful acts even if committed under orders LetMyPeopleVote 15 hrs ago #4

And so will the guy that hangs ya! Turbineguy 11 hrs ago #5

Very true. kentuck 11 hrs ago #7