In November, six Democratic lawmakers recorded a video directed at members of the US military and intelligence agencies. In it, they issued a blunt reminder:
The laws are clear: you can refuse illegal orders. […] You must refuse illegal orders.
The lawmakers were issuing the warning against the backdrop of US airstrikes on boats off the coast of Latin America the Trump administration claims are suspected drug runners. Many Democrats and legal experts, however, argue these strikes, as well as the subsequent arrest of Nicolas Maduro and his wife, are illegal.
