Must the Military Disobey Unlawful Orders? Pam Bondi Has Said Yes. NYT | Top Stories Adam Liptak 8 December 2025 at 18:03 As a lawyer for a conservative think tank, Ms. Bondi, now the attorney general, filed a Supreme Court brief last year saying service members who followed such orders were committing crimes. © Eric Lee for The New York TimesAttorney General Pam Bondi and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth at the White House last month.