Dwight Sullivan at CAAFLog has posted this:
On 1 and 2 October, the Judge Advocate General of the Air Force will present a CLE conference at the George Mason School of Law in Arlington, Virginia. The program is open to active duty, reserve, and retired personnel, as well as to civilian attorneys. The program’s cost is $35, payable by 15 September. Requests for CLE credit should be submitted by 10 August.
Contact me for CLE credit information.
The October SCOTUS oral argument scheduled for October 2009 has been released. There are several cases of potential interest to military justice practitioners.
Maryland v. Shatzer (08-680) — limits on police questioning after a suspect asks for a lawyer.
U.S. v. Stevens (08-769) — government power to criminalize videos and other depictions of animal cruelty. This is of especial interest because of the recent military case of a soldier involved in animal cruelty and potential recommendations of the Cox Commission for a specific offense under the UCMJ for animal cruelty.
July 15, 2009
Associated Press
FORT CARSON, Colorado – Soldiers from a Colorado unit accused in nearly a dozen slayings since returning home – including a couple gunned down as they put up a garage sale sign – could be showing a hostility fueled by intense combat in Iraq, the military said Wednesday.
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NEW RELEASEThe Privilege of Silence: Fifth Amendment Protections Against Self-Incrimination
July 17, 2009, 10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m; Location: The Heritage Foundation’s Allison Auditorium.
Directions.
News – Fort Benning
By Lily Gordon – lgordon@ledger-enquirer.com
The government, in its response to the suit, claims that Cook’s suit is “moot” in that he already has been told he doesn’t have to go to Afghanistan, so the relief he is seeking has been granted.
Here is an interesting tidbit from ledger-enquirer.com about this major unwilling to serve.
On May 8, Cook submitted a formal written request to Human Resources Command-St. Louis volunteering to serve one year in Afghanistan with Special Operations Command, U.S. Army Central Command, beginning July 15, Quon said.
The soldier’s orders were issued on June 9.
Note the name of his cat.
Hollister v. Soetoro, No. 08-2254 (D.C. 3 May 2009).
Mr. Berg and Lawrence J. Joyce, an attorney who lives in Tucson, Arizona, signed the complaint in this case. (They have been filing electronically although they have not been admitted pro hac vice, see [#10].) They are agents provocateurs –- and any attempt to sanction them for misuse of the public and private resources that have had to be devoted to this case would only give them a forum to continue their provocation. John D. Hemenway, on the other hand, is a member of the Bar of this Court. He may have been enlisted by Messrs. Berg and Joyce as a foot soldier in their crusade, but he is nevertheless directly responsible to this Court for the pleadings that have been filed on behalf of the plaintiff. Because it appears that the complaint in this case may have been presented for an improper purpose such as to harass; and that the interpleader claims and other legal contentions of plaintiff are not warranted by existing law or by non-frivolous arguments for extending, modifying or reversing existing law or for establishing new law, the accompanying order of dismissal requires Mr. Hemenway to show cause why he has not violated Rules 11(b)(1) and 11(b)(2) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, and why he should not be required to pay reasonable attorneys fees and other expenses to counsel for the defendants.
JAMES ROBERTSON
United States District Judge
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