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To: Michael Michael

Because the military operates under its own official jurisdiction via the UCMJ. Military personnel do not have the same rights as civilians. But it works both ways with regards to exemptions.


90 posted on 02/23/2009 1:35:03 PM PST by Cyropaedia ("Virtue cannot separate itself from reality without becoming a principal of evil...".)
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To: Cyropaedia
Because the military operates under its own official jurisdiction via the UCMJ.

I'm sorry, but the military operates under the Constitution of the United States. As does Congress. And the UCMJ is an act of Congress. And Congress cannot amend the Constitution by way of simple legislation.

Try again.


94 posted on 02/23/2009 1:47:41 PM PST by Michael Michael
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