Confronting the Mortal Enemy of Military Justice: New Developments in Unlawful Command Influence

摘要

The past year was an active one for the CAAF in the area of unlawful command influence. Taken together these cases should remind practitioners that vigilance is necessary to protect our military justice system from unlawful interference. Practitioners are also on notice that the CAAF will not be afraid to address the "mortal enemy" with draconian measures to ensure not only the actual fairness of the military justice system but the appearance of fairness by all those that practice within it.