Please the Courts
August 11, 2008 · Gregory S. McNeal, Magazine, Books and Arts
Law and the Long War
Gregory McNeal is a law professor and legal commentator who has written on national security, military justice, and constitutional law. He contributed articles to The Weekly Standard covering legal and judicial topics, including the trial of Saddam Hussein and matters of court authority.
Law and the Long War
On Wednesday, Saddam Hussein made a dramatic courtroom admission reminiscent of the movie A Few Good Men. In the film, young Navy defense attorney Lt. Daniel Kafee (Tom Cruise) needs to prove that Lt. Colonel Nathan Jessup (Jack Nicholson) ordered Kafee's clients to execute a "Code Red" which…