He was not denied the right of discovery. That right only applies to pertinent data, and the court correctly held that Obama didn’t need to show a birth certificate for the order to be legal. If Obama were found to be a space alien tonight, that wouldn’t cancel out all the harm he has done while acting as US President.
Nor does Lakin face the death penalty. While attached to a Navy squadron, we had a couple of deserters - they just left the base and went into hiding. They missed deployment to a combat zone (yes, we were getting shot at over Iraq long before GW2), were caught, did a bit of prison time and discharged.
Desertion is a capital offence period
That does not mean everyone that deserts is executed, only that they can be punished to that extent by a court martial.
Again I am reminded of the saying that Rules and Regulations are at the discretion of the commander.
The court denied him the right to prove Obama is not eligible by denying him the right to access what should be a public document. Every one of us has at one time or another had to prove who we are by showing our original birth certificates.
In Florida even that is not enough to get an official Identification card much less a driver’s license, but yet in Obama’s case we are lead to believe that an abstract certification only physically examined by two Obama supporters and posted on the internet is enough to qualify him for the highest position in our government and unquestionable command over our military.