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Benning JAG office arson.
Lily Gordon, Fort Benning hustles to adapt to JAG office loss – this past Monday, apparently due to arson, Ledger-enquirer.com, 17 July 2009.
No-one was injured.
This story appears in today’s Ledger-enquirer.com.
CLE
Dwight Sullivan at CAAFLog has posted this:
On 1 and 2 October, the Judge Advocate General of the Air Force will present a CLE conference at the George Mason School of Law in Arlington, Virginia. The program is open to active duty, reserve, and retired personnel, as well as to civilian attorneys. The program’s cost is $35, payable by 15 September. Requests for CLE credit should be submitted by 10 August.
Contact me for CLE credit information.
Supreme Court schedule
The October SCOTUS oral argument scheduled for October 2009 has been released. There are several cases of potential interest to military justice practitioners.
Maryland v. Shatzer (08-680) — limits on police questioning after a suspect asks for a lawyer.
U.S. v. Stevens (08-769) — government power to criminalize videos and other depictions of animal cruelty. This is of especial interest because of the recent military case of a soldier involved in animal cruelty and potential recommendations of the Cox Commission for a specific offense under the UCMJ for animal cruelty.
PTSD?
GI Slaying Suspects Faced Heavy Combat
July 15, 2009
Associated Press
FORT CARSON, Colorado – Soldiers from a Colorado unit accused in nearly a dozen slayings since returning home – including a couple gunned down as they put up a garage sale sign – could be showing a hostility fueled by intense combat in Iraq, the military said Wednesday.
New Reading from the ABA
(NEW RELEASE) Trial Tactics, Second Edition
A compilation of high profile criminal cases, practice tips, legal analyses, and cautions that prepares defense counsel, prosecutors and judges to do outstanding work at trial and assists them in ensuring that justice is done each day in every court throughout the land. The text provides excellent statutory, case law and inside advice by George Washington University Professor of Law Stephen Saltzburg. The 54-chapter book is broken down in seven parts: Basic Principles; Examination of Witnesses; Lay and Expert Opinion; Hearsay, Confrontation and Compulsory Process; Character Evidence; Summaries and Exhibits, and; Opening and Closing Arguments. Includes additional chapters in this Second Edition. (June 2009, 506 pages)
NEW RELEASEThe Privilege of Silence: Fifth Amendment Protections Against Self-Incrimination
McElhaney on Litigation
Jim McElhaney, The Arsenal of Persuasion: Make your closing argument a really good story, ABA Journal, July 2009 Issue.
Potential CLE
Scholars & Scribes Review the Rulings: The Supreme Court’s 2008-2009 Term
July 17, 2009, 10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m; Location: The Heritage Foundation’s Allison Auditorium.
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Today’s update on the Cook’s Tour.
News – Fort Benning
Thursday, Jul. 16, 2009
Retired general, lieutenant colonel join reservist’s lawsuit over Obama’s birth status; General, lieutenant colonel join suit similar to 2 already thrown out
By Lily Gordon – lgordon@ledger-enquirer.com
The government, in its response to the suit, claims that Cook’s suit is “moot” in that he already has been told he doesn’t have to go to Afghanistan, so the relief he is seeking has been granted.
Did MAJ Cook and his lawyer Orly Taitz file a frivolous lawsuit?
Here is an interesting tidbit from ledger-enquirer.com about this major unwilling to serve.
On May 8, Cook submitted a formal written request to Human Resources Command-St. Louis volunteering to serve one year in Afghanistan with Special Operations Command, U.S. Army Central Command, beginning July 15, Quon said.
The soldier’s orders were issued on June 9.