The Uniform Code of Military Justice does not clearly limit disobedience of lawful orders from the president or secretary of defense.

Judge Cannon’s decision is undoubtedly skillful. But judges should be wary of blazing new trails.

Policymakers have tools available to mitigate the resulting economic instability and insecurity, whenever and wherever it arises.

And there’s work to do.

The key advantage of liability is that it directly addresses the core policy problem of frontier AI.