New Naval Law Review Volume

3/5/2025

The newest volume of the Naval Law Review is noteworthy, with a nice balance of subject matters as well as seniority of authors.*

*The quality of this volume reinforces that the Army's claim that its journal is "the premier" journal for the subject matter is spurious--especially when the Military Law Review has been known to suppress articles that present viewpoints not favored by the Pentagon.

Scott

3/5/2025 15:11:54

Could you elaberate on the MLR's supression of unfavored viewpoints?

CAAFlog

3/5/2025 22:36:08

1. Credible reports of article acceptances at MLR rescinded after "management" learned of author/topic.
2. Larger absence of academic freedom at TJAG school:
a. -rescinded NIMJ's invite for joint conference in 2022 after management got word of LOAC as topic. Clear First Amendment violation, also violation of ABA standards on academic freedom.
b. -pressured student to revoke paper that had been accepted for a symposium at an actual law school because it revealed embarassingly high acquittal rates in military sexual assault cases
c. - on information and belief, TJAG school called UVA police on a protester standing on UVA land last month who was holding posters protesting JAG advice re: Gaza

Scott

3/6/2025 01:32:34

Thank you for the reply

Cloudesley Shovell

3/6/2025 09:58:18

1. One man's editorial discretion is another man's suppression of disfavored viewpoints. I'd need more information.
2. Does the TJAG school have any civilian faculty or is it all military? Beyond that, I'd like to hear your definition of academic freedom and how it should apply to this particular school.
2a. Sounds like bad form. What are they afraid of? Did NIMJ sue them for the clear 1A violation?
2b. Did the pressure work? Sounds like bad form again. Why should high acquittal rates be embarrassing? That's explained away by pointing to enormous political pressure to charge all accusations regardless of the probability of conviction, very much unlike how similar accusations are treated in other non-military jurisdictions.
2c. So what? Was the protester trespassing? I would suppose that the UVA police provide security for TJAG school. What's wrong with alerting the police to any possible security issue?

Carry on! and kind regards,
CS

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