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Contempt Toward Officials in the US Military â Only the Commander-In-Chief Can Get Away With Using TwitterWhen one violates his oath as an officer YES.Vindman Was âDeeply Troubledâ By Trumpâs Effort To âSubvertâ US Foreign Policy.
Who sets foreign policy, the President or every individual in the military?
Time to arrest him and toss him in Leavenworth to rot.
Vindman Was âDeeply Troubledâ By Trumpâs Effort To âSubvertâ US Foreign Policy. Brit Hume Points Out His âHuge Fallacyâ
opinions are punishable by imprisonment?
The Oath of an Officer is to the Constitution of the United States, not to any person.
Law for Commissioned Officers
There are primarily two (2) provisions of the UCMJ that relate to contemptuous statements against leaders, the first, 10 U.S.C. Section 888, Article 88, titled âContempt Toward Officialsâ applies only to Commissioned Officers. The second, 10 U.S.C. Section 934, Article 134 is a General Article that will apply to enlisted personnel.
Article 88 provides:
Any commissioned officer who uses contemptuous words against the President, the Vice President, Congress, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of a military department, the Secretary of Homeland Security, or the Governor or legislature of any State, Commonwealth, or possession in which he is on duty or present shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.
The elements of this Article are as follows:
(1) That the accused was a commissioned officer of the United States armed forces;
(2) That the accused used certain words against an official or legislature named in the article;
(3) That by an act of the accused these words came to the knowledge of a person other than the accused; and
(4) That the words used were contemptuous, either in themselves or by virtue of the circumstances under which they were used. Note: If the words were against a Governor or legislature, add the following element
(5) That the accused was then present in the State, Territory, Commonwealth, or possession of the Governor or legislature concerned.
Wow, so disagreeing with the POTUS is now "using contemptuous words"?
You would have loved Germany back in the 40s.