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Is the Commander in Chief subject to the UCMJ when dealing with military matters? An inquiring mind (me) wants to know. I don't think that a sitting president is subject to any law for acts related to his presidential powers. That's what we have impeacment for. (And it's why, when Nixon resigned, Gerry Ford gave him a blanket pardon, so he wouldn't face criminal prosecution for Watergate--or anything else, for that matter.) Obviously there are limits. Clinton was disbarred by the Arkansas bar association for lying under oath, even though the impeachment trial on this matter failed in the Senate. But the bar association wasn't imposing criminal sanctions, just withdrawing a permission it had accorded him some years earlier. all the best -- Dan Ford email: (put Cubdriver in subject line) The Warbird's Forum www.warbirdforum.com The Piper Cub Forum www.pipercubforum.com Viva Bush! weblog www.vivabush.org |
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