Lots of political rhetoric, name calling, and pithy evaluations continue about this court-martial case. But putting the chaff aside there have been and can be a number of teachable moments. It is unclear what role if any APF will continue to have in this case. The website and a recent email indicate a role limited…
Continue reading ›Humor in military lawyering is good. Humor is good. Standby for a comment from DMLHS tonight. In thinking about why the case would be delayed to 3 November 2010 there were all kinds of ideas floating around, some ideas being of a conspiratorial nature. I had missed the piece noted by Reality Check (thanks!). Anyway,…
Continue reading ›This is the 13th day that APF (safeguardourconstitution), LTC Lakin’s support site, has failed to post the military judge’s findings and conclusions, and advertises as “Breaking News,” “Judge to Rules (sic) . . ..” SLDN reports: Servicemembers Legal Defense Network (SLDN), a national, legal services and policy organization dedicated to ending “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”…
Continue reading ›The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette has a book review of Richard North Patterson’s new book which is about a court-martial. Yes, it’s about a Army officer who returns from Iraq, kills his former commander, and As the case unfolds, Mr. Patterson gives the reader a tutorial in military justice as well as the complexities of PTSD. He…
Continue reading ›This is the 10th day that APF (safeguardourconstitution), LTC Lakin’s support site, has failed to post the military judge’s findings and conclusions, and advertises as “Breaking News,” “Judge to Rules (sic) . . ..” The APF website does not list or encourage attendance as the previously scheduled Article 39(a), UCMJ, session for tomorrow. The 10…
Continue reading ›And now for the political question doctrine. See fn. 3., for the judge’s rather sparse treatment of the de facto officer doctrine.
Continue reading ›From the conclusions of law:
Continue reading ›The spinning has begun, and yes there’s a pun in there, or at least an attempted one. Based on cherry-picked comments from a number of Lakin supporters it appears that all of this is merely the military judge saving the President “embarrassment.” They are grasping at a straw as a way to explain a complete…
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