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S. 2052, The Equal Justice for United States Military Personnel Act of 2007 (1 comment ↓ | 5 wiki edits)
- This item is from the 110th Congress (2007-2008) and is no longer current. Comments, voting, and wiki editing have been disabled, and the cost/savings estimate has been frozen.
S. 2052 would allow for certiorari review of certain cases denied relief or review by the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces.
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Norbert Basil MacLean III
This is an important piece of legislation along with its sister House bill, HR 3174. The American Bar Association issued a report last year and passed a resolution urging Congress to change the current law. See http://www.abanet.org/leadership/2006/annual/dailyjournal/hundredsixteen.do... I find it ironic that we send these young brave men and women into harm's way defending America and to promote democracy, yet we don't give them equal access to our highest court. On the other hand, enemy combatants, sitting at Guantanamo after going through the Military Commissions can appeal to the Supreme Court. See Military Commission Act; Section 950g(d). Any lawmaker that does not support the change in bill is anti-American and anti-democracy. This is a no-brainer! "Voting against it would be like voting against Mom and warm apple pie.” This is my original quote from the San Diego Union Tribune article on the House bill: http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20070726/news_7m26suit.html