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How is killing someone for insubordination on the battlefield constituational? Where's the trial? Judge? Jury?
How is docking pay/demoting for any number of civil/criminal infractions constituational?
Jailing for exercising freedom of speech?
Those are just a couple examples, but the UCMJ is all encompassing(even has a catch all article..134 i believe). Things that are considered constitutional for a civilian but are seen as unbecoming of a serviceman can be punished.
maybe I'm ignorant to certain clauses in the constitutional but I see some gaps
Entrance requirements very narrowly skirt being constitutional. The staffing computers are very much gender biased. Carrying things over from our other conversation... if you don't have a clear anatomical gender they won't even let you in.
Women are held to a different physical standard than men, even if they share the same career.
I haven't taken time to mull over the repercussions of removing many of the questionable parts of the UCMJ. All I know is that the US has the best(however you want to define it) armed forces in the world hands down and it has alot to do with the higher standards its members are held to.
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