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obamanut2012

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7. Nope, the President is not held to the UCMJ, because he is not a member of

Reply to beachbumbob (Reply #3)

Mon Oct 26, 2020, 02:25 PM

Oct 2020

the military.

No wiggle room, and tbh no President should be held to the UCMJ, nor any civilian tried in a military court, no matter how guilty they obviously (Trump) or not so obviously (Mary Surrat) they are.

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So, if a person gives orders or takes actions, other than in a war-time context, which he or [View all] Atticus Oct 2020 OP

AFAIK, there still is, at least on the state level, don't know about the federal level. dware Oct 2020 #1

Not if you are a politician Klaralven Oct 2020 #2

Under UCMJ, there are charges and trump can be tried in a military court beachbumbob Oct 2020 #3

I could live with that. How can I help? :) halobeam Oct 2020 #4

Ummm, that is false information. dware Oct 2020 #6

I don't believe that's true, dware Oct 2020 #5

Nope, the President is not held to the UCMJ, because he is not a member of obamanut2012 Oct 2020 #7

And, correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't civilians who commit crimes on a military dware Oct 2020 #8

Wrong on several counts sarisataka Oct 2020 #9

So wtf is article 94? If sedition isn't treason wtf is? beachbumbob Oct 2020 #10

Btw, UCMJ can be applied to civilians, apparently you didn't know beachbumbob Oct 2020 #11