In Trump's military, the rules don't matter at all
When President Harry S. Truman signed the Uniform Code of Military Justice into law just before the first Armed Forces Day in 1950, the former Army artillery captain lauded it as an achievement that assured “the democratic ideal of equality before the law is further advanced.”
For nearly seven decades, the uniform code has served the military well, providing a standardized and well-understood system for dispensing justice while also giving commanders the tools they need to maintain order and discipline.
But order and discipline are of little value to President Trump. In a show of faux patriotism, he is replacing the uniform code with a system under which verdicts are rendered by commentators on Fox News and consequences meted out from the Oval Office.
It was not only shameful but also dangerous when Trump waded into the case of Navy SEAL Edward Gallagher, who was accused of war crimes that included shooting civilians, knifing to death a captive and threatening to kill witnesses. Rather than wait for the military justice system to handle the case, Trump listened to the pleadings of Gallagher’s family on his favorite cable channel.
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