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H.R. 569, The Equal Justice for Our Military Act of 2009 (3 comments ↓ | 5 wiki edits)
H.R. 569 would amend titles 28 and 10, United States Code, to 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
March 11, 2009, 4:46pm (report abuse)Here are some of the bill's supporters: Military Officers Association of America; Fleet Reserve Association; Jewish War Veterans of the USA; National Institute of Military Justice; American Bar Association & ACLU.
The bill was opposed in past Congresses by Dept. of Defense officials claiming that opening up the Supreme Court to servicemembers would only serve to burden the Supreme Court. This argument is rubbish and wholly without merit. Servicemembers make so many sacrifices for the defense and protection of our country. At the very minimum they deserve fair and just legal treatment - which means access to the nation’s highest court in the land they serve to protect and defend. A cornerstone of democracy is due process for both civilian citizens as well as uniformed citizens. To short-change our servicemembers while we afford illegal aliens and enemy combatants access to the Supreme Court degrades the ideals and principals for which our brave servicemembers risk their lives.
Norb MacLean
March 11, 2009, 6:25pm (report abuse)Anyone interested in reading up on the subject may read a recent Congressional Research Service report issued on January 30, 2009. Here's a link to the CRS Report: http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/RL34697.pdf
Prior to voting on this subject please consider reading the CRS report and doing some due diligence on the subject.
DAVID BATTISTE
October 28, 2009, 9:34pm (report abuse)CAPTAIN MAST, I WAS RAILROADED, ALL WITNESS THROWN OUT BY C.O. I WAS IN CHARGE OF POSTAL OPS, AT CUBI POINT, LEFT MONIES OUT AND IT WAS STOLEN,I WAS THROWN OUT OF MY RATE, A PERSON WHOM I PURCHASED STAMPS FROM WHILE BEING DRUNK ACCIDENTALLY GAVE ME SEVERAL HUNDRED DOLLARS, I WAS THRWOUN OUT AND FORCED INTO CAPT MAAST, AT MAST I, WAS TYOLD THAT I WILL BE TRENSFERRED TO ANOTHER JOB, GIVEN THREE SETS OF BAD EVALS, ONE SON WAS ORDERED OUT OF THE P.I. B -CAUSE HE HAD A FIGHT WITH A GS116 DEPENDENT. THE STORY GOES A LONG WAYS, FILE FOR PETION OF NAVY RECORDS AND THEY REULED IN MY BEHALF,A I WAS DENIED ADVANCEMENT AND WAS RECOMMENDED TO BE DISCHARGED FROM THE U.S. NAVY