680 ABA Journal Military Law articles.
In an unusual case that could conceivably lead to the death penalty upon conviction, a former top U.S. military commander at a maximum security prison near Baghdad reportedly has been…
Apr 26, 2007 10:02 PM CDT
In an unprecedented challenge to the Bush administration’s policy concerning the so-called war on terror, Congress today enacted legislation that ties a deadline for withdrawing American combat troops to continued…
Apr 26, 2007 8:42 PM CDT
On this day in 1898, the U.S. declared war against Spain, involving America in Cuba’s struggle for independence. For details, see this Library of Congress Web…
Apr 25, 2007 5:14 PM CDT
In what may be the first of dozens of new prosecutions of foreign detainees being held at Guantanamo Bay, the U.S. military charged a Canadian with murder and other crimes…
Apr 25, 2007 12:26 AM CDT
On this day in 1800, President John Adams approved a then-hefty $5,000 appropriation to establish the Library of Congress, 20 percent of which went for law books (mainly on British…
Apr 24, 2007 5:21 PM CDT
A Pakistani man appeared in court last week for the first time in his home country after allegedly being abducted from South Africa 18 months ago and held secretly in…
Apr 18, 2007 7:45 PM CDT
In a plea deal announced today in the deadliest criminal case resulting from the Iraq war, the U.S. Marine Corps has dismissed all charges against one defendant and granted him…
Apr 17, 2007 11:36 PM CDT
Two detainees accused of being high-level al-Qaida operatives denied taking part in terrorist attacks during their military review hearings, according to transcripts released by the Pentagon yesterday.
One of the…
Apr 13, 2007 4:09 PM CDT
A House committee is investigating whether the U.S. military had a strategy of misleading the public about the death of Army Spc. Pat Tillman in Afghanistan and the “rescue” of…
Apr 10, 2007 9:10 PM CDT
Britain has done an about-face about allowing 15 marines and sailors recently held captive in Iran to sell their stories.
Reversing a highly controversial decision, the government announced today that…
Apr 9, 2007 8:07 PM CDT
ABA, JAG Corps Assist Our Citizen-Soldiers and Families on the Home Front
Nov 25, 2006 6:37 AM CST
Supreme Court to Consider Interplay of Federal Funding and First Amendment
Dec 29, 2005 11:51 AM CST
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