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Nevilledog

(51,107 posts)
Thu Jun 24, 2021, 02:41 PM Jun 2021

Upheld: Government's power to court-martial retired servicemembers for post-retirement offenses



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Steve Vladeck
@steve_vladeck
The Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces has (unanimously) upheld the government's power to court-martial retired servicemembers for post-retirement offenses:

https://justsecurity.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Begani_20_0217_OPN.pdf

Sometime this fall, the D.C. Circuit is set to hear argument on the same issue in Larrabee.
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Upheld: Government's power to court-martial retired servicemembers for post-retirement offenses (Original Post) Nevilledog Jun 2021 OP
Start with Flynn! SheltieLover Jun 2021 #1
This is very bad news for Flynn. lagomorph777 Jun 2021 #2
Good!!!! SheltieLover Jun 2021 #3
Flynn and all those who participated in the January 6, 2021 insurrection . .. Lovie777 Jun 2021 #4
Oooo ColinC Jun 2021 #5
Flynn! zuul Jun 2021 #6
Hopefully the proceedings will be covered live. Talitha Jun 2021 #7
Can't remember... Did Flynn receive a pardon? How would that figure into this? Karadeniz Jun 2021 #8
Yes he did, but Jan 6th happened AFTER the pardon so it's not covered. Nevilledog Jun 2021 #9
Yay! Timing is everything!!! Karadeniz Jun 2021 #10

Lovie777

(12,266 posts)
4. Flynn and all those who participated in the January 6, 2021 insurrection . ..
Thu Jun 24, 2021, 02:45 PM
Jun 2021

it was not a riot, it was an insurrection.

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