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Podcast: WBEZ News
Episode: Your questions answered: Can individual Illinois National Guard members refuse orders to deploy in Illinois?
Description: Can individual members of the Illinois National Guard refuse orders to deploy in Illinois?
It’s not often service members have to contemplate whether their orders are legal or illegal but sometimes they do.
The burden is left to the service member to understand the distinction and what their options are if they believe their orders are illegal.
Richard Hayes is a retired Army general and the former head of the Illinois National Guard.
HOST: LANE