But if you read paragraphs b it's clear that whatever these changes are, the will not impact the case currently proceeding against Lakin because that began before the EO was published.
"Nothing in these amendments shall be construed to invalidate any nonjudicial punishment proceedings, restraint, investigation, referral of charges, trial in which arraignment occurred, or other action begun prior to the effective date of this order, and any such nonjudicial punishment, restraint, investigation, referral of charges, trial, or other action may proceed in the same manner and with the same effect as if these amendments had not been prescribed."
If the changes are moot, then why make the changes?
Yes. This has nothing to do with Lakin.
There is a process for amending the UCMJ and then the President signs off on them.
I posted that to the extent the White House seems to be managing the content of the amendments a little more closely than usual, the amendments may be about changing the UCMJ to make it more sodomy-friendly for homosexuals. ‘Cuz the President really needs to get going on that DADT if he’s going to get homosexuals out to vote in the midterms.
That said, many people were involved in the amendment process and one could have spilled the beans on any politically sensitive changes by now.
Unless the White House is not playing nice.