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TPMMuckraker reports: Appearing on the G. Gordon Liddy radio show today, the attorney for Lt. Col. Terrence Lakin, the Birther Army doctor who is said to be facing a court martial for refusing orders, suggested that if his client is court-martialled, he will use discovery to try to further the Birther crusade. Jensen said he…

I posted on Hennis just the other day in terms of one reporters view of the weight of the evidence. Crime & Consequences picks up on a point. Myron Pitts, who covered the Hennis trial for the Fayetteville Observer, has this article summing up the evidence. The whole story is worth a read, but my…

SCOTUSBlog reports that: At about 11 a.m. Monday, the Supreme Court will hear one hour of oral argument in City of Ontario, et al., v. Quon, et al. (08-1332). Arguing for the California city and its police department will be Kent L. Richland of Greines, Martin, Stein & Richland in Los Angeles. The federal government,…

Here is another viewpoint, from a civilian, about the need to court-martial LTC Lakin. The (Greeley, CO) Tribune opinion says: When you become a soldier of the United States of America, you lose some of your rights. Except in extreme cases, you no longer have the right to refuse orders of superiors. You don’t have…

I expect we’ll see several commentary’s about the Hennis trial. Here is one from Myron Pitts, FayObserver.com, which he calls, “Evidence adds up in support of Hennis verdict.” (Along with the article is a great list of links to prior reporting on the case.) I saw a military jury convict Hennis on April 8 and…

Stars & Stripes and others are reporting that: DoD is starting to announce new policies that may go into effect because of the inquiry into Major Hasan. I expect two will cause some heartburn: More restrictive policy regarding weapons on base, including in quarters. I expect there will an initial uptick in Second Amendment related…

Washington Post reports that: A military jury has sentenced a soldier to die for killing a North Carolina mother and her two children in 1985.

FayObserver notes the issue yesterday where the members wanted answers about parole should he be sentenced to life. I found this piece odd. The jury left the courthouse at Fort Bragg about 5:30 p.m. Wednesday evening without a decision on a sentence for Hennis: life in prison or the death penalty. A death sentence requires…

There are good reasons that the military should be apolitical in public, and as political as it wants in the voting booth. Politics Daily reports: The Army will court martial a lieutenant colonel who refuses to deploy to Afghanistan because he won’t accept orders from President Obama, whom he considers unqualified to be commander in…

GiveUsLiberty blog has this piece. Hopefully Mr. Apuzzo has a similar depth of knowledge about the UCMJ, R.C.M., and Military Rules of Evidence, to his knowledge of constitutional law. Or will he dump that on learned military counsel, that’s another part of Article 38, UCMJ. This comment evidences a lack of understanding of chain of…