Judge: Obama Comments 'Unlawful Command Influence'

[alexvdl]

TW: Sexual assault

Two defendants in military sexual assault cases cannot be punitively discharged, if found guilty, because of “unlawful command influence” derived from comments made by President Barack Obama, a judge ruled in a Hawaii military court this week.

Navy Judge Cmdr. Marcus Fulton ruled during pretrial hearings in two sexual assault

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[shipperx]

[maynardsong]

They're not holding rapists accountable because their commander in chief demands that rapists be held accountable? That's an ASSPULL. How do they justify that logic?

[bnmc2005]

Any bets on the political affiliation of this judge? This sounds like a swipe at Obama more than anything else.

[tabaqui]

WOW.

Comments at the source are mind-boggling. They're actually *cheering* this judge and calling the President names.

I am sickened by *all* of this.

[alexvdl]

TW: Sexual Assault.

THIS.

This isn't a political point of pride. This isn't a fuckin' football championship. These are PEOPLE. 20,000 fucking PEOPLE a year. They're worried about scoring points against the president while people are being raped and victimized and the institution condones it. While the courts rule that "rape is an occupational hazard of the military". While senior leadership tries to save their own ego and pride instead of dealing with this infection eating at the heart of "our nation's pride".

[underlankers]

I thought the point of having the power to command others in the military was to give htem orders so the special snowflakes shut up and obey them.