Openly Proposing Treason

So, I was not paying a lot of attention yesterday to the news, but Andrea Widburg is back from vacation at the American Thinker. She had an alarming piece entitled Lawmakers and others are secretly planning a military mutiny if Trump is elected. This is outright treason. The Constitution is clear that the President, elected by the Electoral College based on the peoples' votes is the Commander in Chief of the Army and the Navy. Period. To mutiny against him is high treason. Period.

Mutiny is on the menu should Trump win again. That’s according to an allegedly “secret” plan, that’s being widely trumpeted on NBC News, for the military to refuse to follow orders from Trump. Part of this is pre-election posturing, but part of this is entirely consistent with the post-Obama military, up to and including the execrable Mark “White Rage” Milley.

Section 2, Article II of the United States Constitution is extremely clear that the President calls the shots when it comes to the military:

The President shall be Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, and of the Militia of the several States, when called into the actual Service of the United States; he may require the Opinion, in writing, of the principal Officer in each of the executive Departments, upon any Subject relating to the Duties of their respective Offices, and he shall have Power to grant Reprieves and Pardons for Offences against the United States, except in Cases of Impeachment.

I don't know what else to say about this "secret" plan. As Widburg makes clear:

Note that wiggle-room phrase “constitutional norms.” You see, the one constitutional imperative is that Trump is the Commander-in-Chief. By electing him, the American people will have concluded that he is the best person to determine whether America is in sufficient peril that a military force becomes necessary. It’s not up to a cabal of special interest groups and lawmakers, none of whom have any constitutional authority to make calls about the military.

Gentle readers are encouraged the read the whole article as it includes references to Widburg's blog and to Redstate that bear on the topic. If Trump is elected, and that is a big IF at this point, considering the desparation of the d/S/C party, he will have his work cut out for him turning the ship of state around. For at this point, nothing less that a full 180 degree turn will right it.