[BuckeyeTexan]

Is there anything that forbids a military judge from making rulings that are contrary to the law, or can she make stuff up wholesale as she goes along? What accountability is there when a judge ignores 4 pieces of actual legislation which contradict her ruling on what the legal requirements are?

As you well know, IANAL, so I may be spewing misinformation on this one because I haven't researched it. But ... a judge must interpret the law. So her decision was an interpretation of applicable law. No, judges may not make up their own law. If she is guilty of doing so, her decision on the law will be reversed upon appeal. Accountabilty for errant judical rulings is addressed when a higher court reviews the lower court's ruling(s).

One of the attorneys on the Sanity Squad will correct my errors if necessary.

[BuckeyeTexan]

Title 28 of the U.S. Code - The Judiciary and Judicial Procedure
http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/28/usc_sup_01_28.html

On Judicial Misconduct and Discipline
http://www.tulanelink.com/tulanelink/sassower_01a.htm