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To: Non-Sequitur
The judge tossed her suit and she wound up in the sandbox anyway.

That was a civilian judge, this would be a Court Martial, composed of a board of officers, none of which are likely to be lawyers, and most of which, given his command, may be doctors. Doctors are not overly happy about Obamacare, probably not even military ones.

A lot would depend on just who those officer are. Unlike a civilian jury, who must just sit there and listen to whatever the lawyers wish them to hear, the Court can ask questions, and require evidence or people to be produced.

104 posted on 04/09/2010 5:56:38 PM PDT by El Gato ("The second amendment is the reset button of the US constitution"-Doug McKay)
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To: El Gato
That was a civilian judge, this would be a Court Martial, composed of a board of officers, none of which are likely to be lawyers, and most of which, given his command, may be doctors. Doctors are not overly happy about Obamacare, probably not even military ones.

This will be a general court martial. It will be presided over by a judge who will be a military officer. The jury will be made up of fellow officers who may also be medical officers or may be line officers. While I never served on a court martial I know others who did and they took the assignment very seriously. All they were concerned with was the facts presented in evidence and whether or not prosecution proved their case. I don't expect the officers assigned to LCOL Lakin's court martial will be any different.

158 posted on 04/09/2010 7:19:12 PM PDT by Non-Sequitur
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