Not military justice, but . . .

LTC Dan Maurer has an excellent article, The Department of Defense's In Extremis Legal Challenges During Modern Warfare, in the Lieber Institute's Articles of War series. He identifies three principles and four imperatives, packing a lot into a brief essay.

How many judges does it take to decide a major case?

Six? Nine? It's up in the air in Pakistan's military courts case. Details here, from the Express Tribune.

Kansas Code of Military Justice

Gov. Laura Kelly has signed into law Senate Bill 292, significantly amending the Kansas Code of Military Justice. There is a useful explanatory memorandum here. Remarkably, the measure abolishes courts-martial; punishment powers are exercised by commanding offiers. Under § 121(b), decisions of the federal military appellate courts are not binding, but can be used for guidance.

Town Hall 26, Apr. 30, 2024, 10:30 a.m.

At 10:30 a.m. (US East Coast time) on Tuesday, April 30, Global Military Justice Reform will hold a zoom Town Hall on today's important decision of the Supreme Court of Canada in R. v. Edwards, 2024 SCC 15. Associate Editor Rory Fowler will kick off the conversation.

Please join us, and encourage friends to do so as well. Information on joining can be found here.

Link: https://yale.zoom.us/my/fidell?omn=98497668319

Meeting ID: 898 664 5482

Who's on first?

The Supreme Court of Pakistan's "military courts case" is back on hold, one of the judges having recused himself earlier this week. Here we go again. Details here.