A bill to amend chapter 47 of title 10, United States Code, to provide that judges of the Courts of Military Review shall be appointed by the President, to confer authority on the court of Military Appeals to issue orders and writs necessary to protect the rights of military personnel.

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Provides that the President shall establish within each of the Armed Forces a Court of Military Review which shall be composed of one or more panels, and each such panel shall be composed of not less than three appellate military judges to be appointed by the President for terms of three years. Provides that the Court of Military Review established for each armed force shall be assigned for administrative purposes only to the office of the Judge Advocate General of that armed force. Provides that no member of the Armed Forces below the grade of Lieutenant Colonel or Commander shall be eligible for appointment to the Court of Military Review. Directs the President to prescribe rules of procedure for Courts of Military Review established under this section. Provides that a member of the Armed Forces serving as a member of the Court of Military Review, other than a chief judge, shall during his term on such court be rated on his performance of duty by the chief judge of such court and that whenever the chief judge of a Court of Military Review is a member of the Armed Forces, he shall be rated on his performance of duty by the Judge Advocate General of the armed force of which such Advocate General of the armed force of which such chief judge is a member. Permits appellate military judges of the Military Courts of Review to be removed by the President, upon notice and hearing, for neglect of duty or malfeasance in office, for mental or physical disability, or for extreme military exigency, but for no other cause. Directs the Judge Advocate General of such Armed Force to appoint from the ranks of junior ranking judge advocates such number of officers to serve as law clerks to the Court of Military Review of that armed force as he deems appropriate. Provides that the Court of Military Appeals shall have authority to issue any order or writ necessary to protect any right under the Constitution, any law of the United States, or any military regulation or any person subject to the provisions of this Act. Directs the Judge Advocate General of each armed force to make available to the Court of Military Appeals from the ranks of junior ranking judge advocates such number of officers as the Chief Judge of that court may request to serve as law clerks to the Court of Military Appeals.

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• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 19 July 1973

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