[colorado tanker]

The court will rule Obama’s birth records are irrelevant to the issue at hand, which is was he given those orders and did he disobey them by missing movement? The court will rule Obama’s birth records are irrelevant to that issue as a matter of law.

[SvenMagnussen]

The de facto officer doctrine does not apply to Lakin because he made his concerns as to the eligibility of the CiC publicly know before POTUS was sworn in.

The de facto officer doctrine applies to defendants who raise concerns about the officer’s authority AFTER he is convicted. Lakin raised concerns before he was even charged.

[El Gato]

The court will rule Obama’s birth records are irrelevant to the issue at hand, which is was he given those orders and did he disobey them by missing movement? The court will rule Obama’s birth records are irrelevant to that issue as a matter of law.

The manual for Court's Martial *requires* that an officer facing dismissal be allowed to present the affirmative defense that the order(s) were unlawful.

Now it might be that the Court would rule that the orders were lawful regardless of the eligibility of the order giver, but that a different matter than just the issue of did he disobey the orders or not.