ART. 88. CONTEMPT TOWARD OFFICIALS
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 Transportation, or the Governor or legislature of any State, Territory, Commonwealth, or possession in which he is on duty or present shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.Linked to the Beltway Traffic Jam on Outside the Beltway.
Tuesday, September 14, 2004
Good Order and Discipline
When John Kerry testified before the Senate in 1971, he was still a commissioned officer in the Naval Reserve. I have to wonder if that testimony violated the following punitive article of the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ).
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Those statuses have a lot to do when determining if the UCMJ has jurisdiction over the individual. There's another status that might be pertinent in this case and that's Kerry's commission. When he testified, had he resigned his commission yet?
I think you hit the nail on the head. As a commissioned officer, I am upset at the behavior of a commissioned officer.
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