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Your browser does not support viewing this document. Click here to download the document. "The answer to the SEAL Team 6 hypothetical is actually not that difficult. Under the Uniform Code of Military Justice and the Manual for Courts-Martial, there is no legal consequence or impact on an individual service member’s duty to obey lawful orders and disobey unlawful orders. Presidential immunity does not transfigure an unlawful act into one that must be obeyed upon penalty of court-martial."
https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/can-the-military-disobey-orders-in-the-seal-team-6-hypothetical "Did You Serve on a War Crimes Jury at Guantánamo Bay? We Want to Know.The Times is looking for officers who were selected to serve on military commissions panels at Camp Justice to discuss the experience, within guidelines set by the court."
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/02/us/politics/did-you-serve-on-a-war-crimes-jury-at-guantanamo-bay-we-want-to-know.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb Background reading.
Anonymous participation optional--see instructions here. *** Topic: CAAFlog Pop-up: Gen Stewart’s Acquittal Time: Jul 1, 2024 12:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meeting https://villanova.zoom.us/j/7841656237?omn=99036743966 Meeting ID: 784 165 6237 --- One tap mobile +16469313860,,7841656237# US +13017158592,,7841656237# US (Washington DC) --- Dial by your location • +1 646 931 3860 US • +1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC) • +1 305 224 1968 US • +1 309 205 3325 US • +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago) • +1 646 558 8656 US (New York) • +1 360 209 5623 US • +1 386 347 5053 US • +1 507 473 4847 US • +1 564 217 2000 US • +1 669 444 9171 US • +1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose) • +1 689 278 1000 US • +1 719 359 4580 US • +1 253 205 0468 US • +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma) • +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston) Meeting ID: 784 165 6237 Find your local number: https://villanova.zoom.us/u/adeQm3C2vS Is the military a "no means no" or a "yes means yes" jurisdiction? Is the absence of consent proved by expressed non-consent, or by the absence of affirmative consent?
Update: https://www.tpr.org/military-veterans-issues/2024-06-29/jury-of-generals-finds-two-star-air-force-general-not-guilty-of-sex-assault-in-historic-court-martial $60K fine, two months restriction, and a fine. Maj. Gen. Phillip Stewart has been acquitted by a panel of members.
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