Temple Daily Telegraph reports: The attorney for accused Fort Hood shooter Maj. Nidal Hasan has requested that Hasan face military court martial in March 2012. Hasan’s attorney John Galligan has also asked that Hasan be arraigned on Fort Hood on July 20.
Here is Professor Friedman The Great with initial thoughts.
Here is an advert for “Officer’s Oath” to be published by LTC Lakin in concert with Jack Cashill. I found this to be a curious assertion. [T]he handful of Terry’s detractors have been dwarfed by the mountain of supporters. Not all agree with his methods, but none have faulted his…
Army Times reports: Sgt. Mitchell Streeter was overwhelmed. Twice deployed, he was suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, unable to sleep, stressed out by his job as a recruiter, and now he was being forced out of the Army after a drunken-driving arrest. The story is much larger than that unfortunately.
Air Force Times reports: A wing commander who used a fighter jet for personal trips and pocketed nearly $96,000 in extra pay for unauthorized compensatory time has left his job with the Alabama Air National Guard’s 187th Fighter Wing. LtCol Smiley’s photo, courtesy of AFT, is probably a pre-decisional one.…
Navy Times reports: A master-at-arms posted at a Navy nuclear warhead storehouse was found guilty June 23 of the repeated rape of a girl and handed a 45-year sentence after a four-day general court-martial at Naval Base Kitsap-Bremerton, Wash. Navy Times reports: A 44-year-old Navy JAG attorney has been sentenced…
Another collateral consequences note, from United States v. Taylor, No. 10-3132 (7th Cir. July 7, 2011). Taylor was serving in the Navy when he was charged with forcible sodomy in violation of the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ), 10 U.S.C. § 925. He pleaded guilty, and a general court-martial…
Stars & Stripes reports: The postponed court-martial for an airman accused of killing his 8-month-old son has been set for Sept. 8, a Spangdahlem spokeswoman said Thursday. KUT reports: The lawyer for Major Nidal Hasan claims the Army’s decision to try his client before a court-martial wasn’t a surprise, but…
The next up in a series of confrontation cases. I’ve already put you onto the great Professor Friedman. Here are the links courtesy of SCOTUSBlog to the documents beyond the Illinois opinion. Certiorari-stage documents Opinion below (Supreme Court of Illinois) Petition for certiorari Brief in opposition Petitioner’s reply
Let’s been lots going on with the DADT issue. Yesterday Washington Blade reports: A federal appellate court in California on Wednesday overturned a stay on an injunction that had barred the U.S. government from enforcing “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” allowing gay service members to start serving openly in the armed…