Talk:Courts-martial in the United States

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I've done some further wikification. But the article needs a little more work, I feel. --BillC 17:01, 17 July 2005 (UTC)

I don't often weigh in, but I think the section about courts-martial not being Article III courts is misstated. I'd be interested in seeing a citation to a case, in my view they are specially constituted federal courts. Also, in the opening sentence of that paragraph, administrative tribunals and review (which is what I think is meant by "Article I" courts) certainly cannot take a person's life.

[edit] Good work

This is an exceptional start. I'll assit in editing where I can. Hadrian Penn 02:12, 18 August 2006 (UTC)

It needs some work to reflect current practice in the US military; particularly in the roles of convening authorities and military judges. Posthoc777 07:32, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

The article calls out the acronym "JSC" in the fifth paragraph of Section 5. What's it stand for?

"JSC" is the Joint Services Committee. I've made the change to reflect the full name before the acronym is used. In summary, a representative from each service sits on the committee and they review proposed changes to the UCMJ and MCM as well as propose changes prior to sending them to Congress or the President. I'll try to insert a short piece on it. Hadrian Penn 15:13, 4 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Military law on military bases

I seem to remember reading somewhere that the UCMJ used to apply to everyone on military bases -- civilians and servicepeople alike. So, spouses and dependents who found themselves in trouble (say, the son of a Sgt. Smith stole a car and went joy-riding or the wife of a Lt. Jones assaulted her husband) would actually find themselves before a court-martial rather than a civilian legal proceeding. Until there was some kind of legal challenge to this type of jurisdiction, then a civilian legal presence was formed on overseas bases to prevent this sort of problem. I don't remember much else other than that, though. Perhaps this is something worth mentioning, from someone who knows WTF I'm talking about? —Micahbrwn (talk) 07:43, 31 May 2008 (UTC)