all lb
>Potus
300 judges
<Fake News
231 judges
Difference 69 federal judges
>Would military tribunal judges be considered Federal?
I'm gonna go withYES
>Shadow to Sessions by design.
>What ROLE might TG be walking into?
>WAR.
>'War-like' Posture Activated?
>Interesting line of questions?
>Normal?
>Military Law v. Criminal Law.
>https://www.jagcnet.army.mil/sites/trialjudiciary.nsf
The U.S. Army Trial Judiciary
The position of military judge was created in 1969 with the implementation of the Military Justice Act of 1968. Prior to that time, the legal advisor to court-martial panels (juries) was called a law officer, and the law officer did not have the authority and powers of today's military judges.
Military judges presideover general and special courts-martialand powers similar to federal judgesincluding the authority to preside at judge alone trials when an accused elects that option. Military judges instruct court-martial panels on the law and apply the Military Rules of Evidence, patterned closely after the Federal Rules of Evidence.Military Judges,like federal judges,may issue warrants, subpoenas, and judicial orders.
The Army Trial Judiciary currently consists of over 20 active Army military trial judges and over 20 Army Reserve military trial judges, all field grade officers and members of the Judge Advocate General's Corps. All military judges are attorneys who have graduated from an accredited law school and are admitted to practice law in one or more states. They are selected based on their record of service and expertise in criminal law.
The Trial Judiciary is divided into five geographical circuits: the 1st Judicial Circuit in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic States; the 2d Judicial Circuit in the Southeast; the 3d Judicial Circuit in the Midwest; the 4th Judicial Circuit in the Far West and Far East; and the 5th Judicial Circuit in Europe and Southwest Asia.
In addition to presiding at courts-martial, the Army Trial Judiciary has other significant responsibilities to ensure the quality of the Army judiciary and the fairness of the military justice system to include:
> https://www.mc.mil/aboutus/legalsystemcomparison.aspx
==Comparison of Rules and Procedures in Tribunals that Try
Individuals for Alleged War Crimes==
Military commissions, a form of military tribunal, were born of military necessity. They have taken many forms since their first use in the United States during the Revolutionary War. The Military Commissions Act of 2009 authorizes trials by military commission in accordance with basic principles common to other courts and tribunals that try individuals for violations of the laws of war and other offenses. The chart below compares rules and procedures employed under the Military Commissions Act of 2009 with those used in U.S. military courts-martial andU.S. federal courts (also known as Article III courts).