Could the Press Grow a Spine?

What part of Commander-in-Chief escapes you? Pick up a book on
Constitutional Law and you'll find that the "regulation of the armed
forces" applies to how the members of the force shall be governed and
treated. This is handled through the Uniform Code of Military Justice,
which is still in force.

This was also discussed by the panel last night on the News Hour.

What the Bush administration wanted was a direct violation of the UCMJ, under
the article covering assault. I don't have a copy of the UCMJ. I believe they
said it was Art. 77.

These legal experts all agreed that they had never seen anything like this
before. One of them said he "almost fell out of his chair" when reading these
documents recently released.

DO note that these actions of the lawyers in the executive branch so incensed
lawyers in the JAG office that they went outside the government and reported
these activities to outsiders, I believe in the New York Bar Association.

Ed, you need to wake up.

Walt