Supreme Court: Retirees Can Be Court-Martialed for Crimes Committed After Service

As with a large quantity of laws on the books they will be enforced by the cherry picking system. Bringing a retired troop back on orders costs money and time. For a Retiree to be recalled it will have to be for a very good reason (Serious Crime discovered) or a vendetta.

Interesting part:


He cited one provision in the UCMJ that makes "contemptuous words" used by a commissioned officer "against the president, the vice president, Congress" and others as punishable by court-martial.

"From Adm. Bill McRaven to Gen. Michael Hayden and Gen. Martin Dempsey, some of President Donald Trump's more visible critics of late have been retired military officers. And a provision of federal law ... makes it a crime, triable by court-martial," he wrote in a blog post on Lawfare. "But does the Constitution really allow the government to subject to military trial those who have retired from active duty -- in some cases, long ago -- even for offenses committed while they are retired?"

Here is a better question. Does a civilian who is not in the civilian section of the of the chain of command have any right to charge a Soldier, EVER, within the UCMJ?
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