<![CDATA[political question - Philip D. Cave]]> https://www.court-martial.com/blog/tags/political-question/ Wed, 15 Jul 2026 16:45:09 GMT en-us <![CDATA[Should LTC Lakin be embarrassed?]]> https://www.court-martial.com/blog/should-ltc-lakin-be-embarrassed/ https://www.court-martial.com/blog/should-ltc-lakin-be-embarrassed/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 04:06:04 GMT Some reporting of last weeks Article 39(a), UCMJ, hearing appears to attribute the military judge’s ruling to a desire to save the president embarrassment. I believe this is a gross distortion of a small part of what the military judge said. I was there and heard her read her findings and conclusions which were then…

]]> Some reporting of last weeks Article 39(a), UCMJ, hearing appears to attribute the military judge’s ruling to a desire to save the president embarrassment. I believe this is a gross distortion of a small part of what the military judge said. I was there and heard her read her findings and conclusions which were then made a part of the record of trial and available to the parties. These are the relevant references.

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The above is from the discussion of the political question doctrine. The sole use of the word embarrassment is here:

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Does the above compute with what World Net Daily or others have said? You decide.

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