Obama's comments on sexual assault cases in military backfire

Rev, most people will overlook this story.

Here's the impact: at least a half-dozen sexual assault cases in the military have already been overturned in favor of the individual conducting the assault because of what the president said. Defense attorneys have latched onto the commander-in-chief's words and presented a legal argument that military courts cannot prosecute military offenders because our commander has already identified what the punishment should be, instead of allowing the legal system and the courts to do their jobs.

If the military members on the jury panels identify a lesser punishment, lower-ranking commanders are within their rights to punish the jury members for not following the order of the commander-in-chief. It seems a bit far-fetched...but then again, a lot of things I used to think were far-fetched have been happening over the last twenty years.

 

Forgive me for having an inconvenient memory, but isn't the idiot that said these things supposedly a graduate of Harvard Law?

Really?? Any night court denizen, member of the bar or not, would know not to make an overtly prejudicial statement like that of the Great Pretender. He's not just a novice, he's a fool.