Woops on you.
I spent 5 years as an active duty combat arms commissioned officer, and then another 4 years as an active duty JAG prosecutor (and another 4 years in school at West Point).
The “approved solution” when an unlawful order is issued is to respectfully:
explain to your chain of command that you believe the order is unlawful,
explain to your chain of command why you believe so, and
explain to your chain of command that you refuse to follow it on the grounds that you believe it is an unlawful order.
I guess the issue is whether lawful commands can be given by somebody who’s taken the oath to be Commander-in-Chief but has committed forgery in order to make it appear that he is eligible for the position.
The CIC is a civilian position, right? What protocols are in place for the military’s chain of command if the CIC is guilty of crimes - including the crime of falsely swearing he is eligible to be the CIC? If a grunt was found guilty of crimes the military would have to hold them accountable, right? Is the only person in the chain of command who doesn’t get similar scrutiny and accountability the one who holds the nuclear football?
If so it seems incredibly backwards to me.