Once again, what you are saying is nonsense, but you are entitled to your opinion.
I am also entitled to mine which is based on my knowledge and experience:
25 years as an active duty commissioned officer
Prosecutor in Courts Martial
Member Courts Martial Panels
President of Boards and Courts Martial, the result of one of these reached the Supreme Court where the decision was affirmed.
Commander multiple times exercising UCMJ authority.
The complete silliness of your argument has already been demonstrated by the decisions of the Military Judge, the events of 14 Dec will confirm it. Even LTC Lakin’s civilian defense attorney agrees with the Military Judge, so I’m not exactly going out on a limb here.
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The complete silliness of your argument has already been demonstrated by the decisions of the Military Judge, the events of 14 Dec will confirm it. Even LTC Lakin’s civilian defense attorney agrees with the Military Judge, so I’m not exactly going out on a limb here.
Really. They've rendered verdict on a situation as I've proffered? What was their verdict?
Also, how is it silly for me to claim that the authority of an officer to command something comes from his commander, which comes from his commander, and so forth, until it reaches the President who gets his authority as Commander-in-Chief from the Constitution? I should love to see a cited military source that says otherwise, it would utterly obliterate my arguments as presented... if, on the other hand, what I have described is the chain of command then, should the president be unqualified, we have a situation in which no military order* is valid.
My logic here is correct which means that only a flawed assumption, such as that of how authority works in the military, would cause my conclusion to be incorrect; the above is an invitation for you to do so.
*Excepting the [explicit] order to follow the Constitution which, in the above case, is the only valid portion of the chain-of-command, no?