Law Practice
Sep. 13, 2008
Senate OKs Review of Courts-Martial
“What more fitting than a day like today, when we mourn the loss on Sept. 11 … and at the same time honor and respect those men and women who are serving us and protecting us,” Navy veteran Norbert B. MacLean said of the Senate passage of a bill he championed to allow Supreme Court review of courts-martial.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
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After being court-martialed on what he says were trumped-up bad check charges, Navy veteran Norbert B. MacLean III was not allowed to take his appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Service members charged under the military justice system are, for the most part, locked out of the nation's highest court.
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