Following comments made by Senator Mark Kelly of Arizona and five democratic colleagues telling United States military personnel that they can lawfully disobey illegal orders, the Pentagon announced that it was launching an investigation into Senator Kelly. CERL Advisory Council member Professor Geoffrey Corn is quoted in an article for the Washington Post expressing his thoughts on the Pentagon’s announcement, saying that “We’ve never dealt with this… This is really chilling.”  

Geoffrey S. Corn is the George R. Killam, Jr. Chair of Criminal Law and Director of the Center for Military Law and Policy at Texas Tech University School of Law. A retired U.S. Army Judge Advocate Officer, he served as the Army’s senior law of war advisor. He is also a member of the CERL Advisory Council. Read his bio here.    

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