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Military Commissions And Courts-Martial: A Brief Discussion Of The Constitutional And Jurisdictional Distinctions Between The Two Courts, Timothy C. Macdonnell
Military Commissions And Courts-Martial: A Brief Discussion Of The Constitutional And Jurisdictional Distinctions Between The Two Courts, Timothy C. Macdonnell
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On 13 November 2001, President George W. Bush signed Military Order 222, authorizing the trial of non-U.S. citizens for war crimes by military commission.' Since the signing of that order, a contentious debate has raged over the possible use of military commissions to try suspected terrorists. As part of that debate, the media has used various terms to describe the proposed military commissions. They have called them "Secret Military Trials,"' "Military Tribunals,"' and "U.S. Military Court[s]." A Cable News Network internet story described military commissions as "essentially a courts-martial, or a military trial, during a time of war." This quotation …