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So even though the cases aren't at all related to military matters and the Army has no interests in the case, military lawyers can be used to prosecute civilians in Trump's America.

Brief written by 11 former JAG officers in support of the defendant:

protectdemocracy.org

This arrangement has traditionally been construed to allow the
military services to take part in cases in which they had a clear and defined
interest"such as traffic violations committed on military installations subject to
exclusive federal criminal jurisdiction"while giving courtroom experience to
junior JAG officers.
However, the government recently expanded this practice far beyond its
historical and statutory bounds. Public reporting suggests that the government has
detailed dozens of JAGs to U.S. Attorney's Offices in Minnesota, Washington,
D.C., and Tennessee, backfilling vacancies left by civilian resignations.2 During
these temporary duty assignments, JAGs are not prosecuting cases with a nexus to
the U.S. military. Instead, they are prosecuting civilians for the kind of general,
domestic federal offenses that civilian DOJ prosecutors would normally handle.

I mean, how can you not call this martial law? At least the seeds of martial law.

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