Editing Mutiny (section)

===United States===
The [[United States]]' [[Uniform Code of Military Justice]] defines mutiny thus:

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:Art. 94. (§ 894.) 2004 Mutiny or [[Sedition]].

:(a) Any person subject to this code (chapter) who—
::(1) with intent to usurp or override lawful military authority, refuses, in concert with any other person, to obey orders or otherwise do his duty or creates any violence or disturbance is guilty of mutiny;
::(2) with intent to cause the overthrow or destruction of lawful civil authority, creates, in concert with any other person, revolt, violence, or other disturbance against that authority is guilty of sedition;
::(3) fails to do his utmost to prevent and suppress a mutiny or sedition being committed in his presence, or fails to take all reasonable means to inform his superior commissioned officer or commanding officer of a mutiny or sedition which he knows or has reason to believe is taking place, is guilty of a failure to suppress or report a mutiny or sedition.
:(b) A person who is found guilty of attempted mutiny, mutiny, sedition, or failure to suppress or report a mutiny or sedition shall be punished by death or such other punishment as a court-martial may direct.{{cn|date=March 2024}}

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U.S. military law requires obedience only to lawful orders. Disobedience to unlawful orders (see [[Superior orders]]) is the obligation of every member of the [[U.S. military]], a principle established by the [[Nuremberg Trials|Nuremberg]] and [[Tokyo Trials]] following [[World War II]] and reaffirmed in the aftermath of the [[My Lai Massacre]] during the [[Vietnam War]]. However, a U.S. soldier who disobeys an order after deeming it unlawful will almost certainly be court-martialed to determine whether the disobedience was proper. In addition, simple refusal to obey is not mutiny, which requires collaboration or conspiracy to disobedience.