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Equal Justice for United States Military Personnel Act of 2007
A bill to allow for certiorari review of certain cases denied relief or review by the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces.
Other Bill Titles (2 more) 9/17/2007--Introduced.
Equal Justice for United States Military Personnel Act of 2007 - Amends the federal judicial code to allow for review by writ of certiorari of certain cases denied relief or review by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces.
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| Introduced |  | Voted on by Senate | | Voted on by House | | Considered By President | | Bill Becomes Law |
| September 17, 2007 |
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September 06, 2008 Equal Justice for United States Military Personnel Act rescheduled ...
Even if S. 2052 were to become law, it would be too late to resolve that issue for purposes of Stevenson, which has already been distributed for the Supremes' 29 September conference. But definitively rejecting the Acting SG's cramped ...
July 31, 2008 S.2052 Equal Justice . . . Act: Held Over
A well placed source informs me that S.2052, the Equal Justice for United States Military Personnel Act of 2007, was held over today in the Senate Judiciary Committee. The bill, as discussed previously on CAAFlog ... , co-sponsored by ...
July 31, 2008 S.2052 Equal Justice . . . Act: Held Over
A well placed source informs me that S.2052, the Equal Justice for United States Military Personnel Act of 2007, was held over today in the Senate Judiciary Committee. The bill, as discussed previously on CAAFlog here and here, ...
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This is important legislation that would correct a very long standing inequity in American law by affording all convicted court-martialed U.S. troops the right to petition the Supreme Court to review their cases. The American Bar Association passed a resolution in August 2006 urging Congress to fix the law. See http://www.abanet.org/crimjust/policy/am06116.pdf As it now stands, enemies of America, to include detainees have greater access to our high court than that of our own troops. (Compare: section 950g(d) of the Military Commissions Act with 28 United States Code sections 1259(3) and 1259(4)) Notwithstanding, if the service member wins in a lower military court; the Government can and often does appeal it to the Supreme Court. Service members deserve procedural due process in their own country. It is unfair to send them off to war and to promote democracy world-wide and then to not afford them the due process protections that they are defending and promoting. Many of America's allies, to include Australia, Canada, Israel, New Zealand and the United Kingdom all afford their military access to their highest courts if any of their members are court-martialed. Our U.S. troops deserve procedural due process.
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