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But every senior military officer also takes an oath to defend the Constitution, and pledges to refuse illegal, unconstitutional or criminal directives.

Content creators are accustomed to such uncertainty, she added, because government directives tend to be vague and unevenly enforced.

His team has said to expect a flurry of executive orders - directives from the US president - out of the Oval Office in the first week.

Activists expect the Trump administration to revoke a Biden directive that requires emergency rooms to provide abortions when necessary to stabilize a woman’s health, even in states with abortion bans.

That type of directive would likely get tied up in the courts, but “it’s the threat that becomes the issue,” Klowden said.