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To: Non-Sequitur
“Watada’s attorney has claimed his 5th Amendment rights are being violated. That's done in federal court.”

The UCMJ gives more rights than the 5th Amendment. And this is a military trial and has NO Constitutional authority for a federal judge to intervene about anything.

21 posted on 06/09/2008 4:00:22 AM PDT by YOUGOTIT (The Greatest Threat to our Security is the Royal 100 Club)
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To: YOUGOTIT
The UCMJ gives more rights than the 5th Amendment. And this is a military trial and has NO Constitutional authority for a federal judge to intervene about anything.

Military courts do not deal with Constitutional issues, only criminal ones. When the defendant claims his or her Constitutional rights are being violated then federal court is where it will be fought out.

22 posted on 06/09/2008 4:04:13 AM PDT by Non-Sequitur
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