Precisely. It's also interesting to note how many people who post on a conservative political forum are so quick to advocate judicial activism, so long as it meets their desired ends.
Because of well-established legal precedents and principles of military jurisprudence, she had no alternative to rule in any way other than she did. To find for the defendant, she would have had to ignore all that precedential law, and made it up as she went along. THAT is exactly what liberal jurists do, not conservatives.
“she had no alternative to rule in any way other than she did.”
Sir, that just isn’t so. She could have ruled differently just like any judge does. She is a cowardly functionary that should not be in uniform. Others like her should be removed from military service. Her type WILL be used to remove moral people with objections to the homosexualation of the military from military service. Destroying the military and its discipline. The issues are linked. To blindly follow orders is not always correct.