[so_real]

I'll need a citation for that. My understanding is that the Commander in Chief is the 'highest' ranking officer in the armed forces. (There is a protocol for all those salutes he receives.) I doubt if the President would be subject to the Uniform Code of Military Justice because, quite frankly, he outranks the Courts-Martial. In fact (see article 36) the President may even be allowed to prescribe uniform rules to military legal processions. The President is only directly beholden to the People, the Legislature, and the Supreme Court. As a civilian impersonating a military officer, the UCMJ also would not apply, only the U.S. CODE.

[Lmo56]

My understanding is that the Commander in Chief is the ‘highest’ ranking officer in the armed forces.

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Yeah - but there is such a thing as fraudulent enlistment in the armed forces ...

Servicemen found to have enlisted when they were underage can be discharged under the fraudulent enlistment clause - they did not qualify in the first place ...

Maybe the same for Obama ???

[dcwusmc]

The Commander in Chief is a CIVILIAN, not a military officer. That is the way it was set up from the get-go. We have CIVILIAN control over our armed forces. Unlike where the Prince of Wales is also Colonel-in-Chief of a regiment over there and wears a uniform, here there is no such thing.