No authority convening a general, special, or summary court-martial

[Recursion]

nor any other commanding officer, may censure, reprimand, or admonish the court or any member, military judge, or counsel thereof, with respect to the findings or sentence adjudged by the court, or with respect to any other exercise of its or his functions in the conduct of the proceeding. No person subject to this chapter may attempt to coerce or, by any unauthorized means, influence the action of a court-martial or any other military tribunal or any member thereof, in reaching the findings or sentence in any case, or the action of any convening, approving, or reviewing authority with respect to his judicial acts.

-- Uniform Code of Military Justice, Article 37, Clause (a)

[roscoeroscoe]

1. This is about Trump, right?

The awards, the court martial?

[rampartc]

2. with holding awards is not the same as punisnment

but trumps interference with the good order and discipline of the armed forces is reprehensible.

[ET Awful]

3. It doesn't say "punish" it says "censure, reprimand or admonish".

Revoking (which is not the same as withholding) an award of any kind is an admonishment and would likely be covered under this section of the UCMJ.

However, the President is not a member of the armed services (he is the Commander in Chief, but that doesn't mean he's a member of the services). That means that the UCMJ does not apply to him.

[rampartc]

4. i sure hope no one thinks i am defending the president

[ET Awful]

6. Didn't think that at all

Just trying to clarify.

[Recursion]

5. Presidents wouldn't even return salutes until Reagan

Well, Ike would, but that's a hard habit to break at that point.

[dumbcat]

7. Small technicality ...

" No person subject to this chapter may ..."

The Orange One is not subject to the UCMJ.

Still, the action sucks.

[Recursion]

8. But the commander who must carry out the order is (nt)

[AncientGeezer]

9. But they didn't issue the order....they are only following the order.

"No person subject to this chapter may attempt........" Dumpster isn't subject to that chapter and it's that a'holes order