United States Court of Military Commission Review
| Court of Military Commission Review |
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| Judgeships |
| Posts: N/A |
| Judges: 3 |
| Vacancies: N/A |
| Judges |
| Chief: Paulette Burton |
| Active judges: Paulette V. Burton, William Pollard, Lisa M. Schenck, Scott L. Silliman |
The United States Court of Military Commission Review is an Article I federal court that exercises worldwide appellate jurisdiction over members of the U.S. Armed Forces with regard to the right to appeal military commission cases.
There is no set number of judges on the U.S. Court of Military Commissions Review (CMCR). The court consists of one or more panels of at least three appellate military judges. The judges hear cases in panels or as a whole.[1]
Pending nominations
There are no pending nominees for this court.
Active judges
Sitting judges
| Judge | Appointed By | Assumed Office | Bachelors | Law |
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| September 12, 2012 - |
University of North Carolina, 1965 |
University of North Carolina, 1968 |
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| September 14, 2012 - |
Washington University, St. Louis, 1970 |
Columbia University, 1974 |
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| September 23, 2015 - |
Spelman College, 1990 |
South Carolina School of Law, 1993 |
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| August 16, 2019 - |
Providence College, 1983 |
Notre Dame Law School, 1989 |
Active judges by appointing political party
Below is a display of the number of active judges by the party of the appointing president. It does not reflect how a judge may rule on specific cases or their own political preferences.
- Democrat appointed: 3
- Republican appointed: 1
Former judges
For more information about the judges of the Court of Military Commission Review, see former federal judges of the Court of Military Commission Review.
Jurisdiction
The court has appellate jurisdiction over all appeals from United States Military courts with regard to military commission cases.
According to their website, "The Court of Military Commission Review reviews the findings and sentence of each military commission case for legal and factual sufficiency, unless the accused waives the right to appeal."[2]
Notable decisions
You can find a list of significant decisions at United States Court of Military Commission Review-Opinions and Decisions.
History
Military Commissions are military tribunals directed at trying unlawful conduct during war time. Originating as early as the Revolutionary War, commissions became an institutional staple during the Mexican-American War. The court's most recent authorization, the Military Commissions Act of 2009, was signed by President Barack Obama on October 27, 2009, and amended in 2011 and 2013.
The appeals court was established by the Military Commissions Act (MCA) of 2006, which was signed into law in October 2006 by President George W. Bush. The judges of the court are appointed by the Secretary of Defense and must either be military judges or civilians with "comparable qualifications." The original court was composed of fifteen military judges and four civilian judges.
The court was modified in 2009. The Military Commissions Act of 2009 expanded the jurisdiction of the court to include factual sufficiency of the evidence. The new act also granted the president the power to appoint civilian judges to augment the military appointees from the Secretary of Defense.[3]
See also
External links
- Website of the United States Court of Military Commission Review
- United States Court of Military Commission Review-Opinions and Decisions
Footnotes
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| Active judges |
• Scott L. Silliman • William Pollard • Lisa Schenck • Paulette Burton | ||
| Former Article I judges |
David Conn • Martin Sims • Theresa Gallagher • Barbara Brand • Ronald Gregory • William Orr, Jr. • Eric Price (Federal judge) • Joseph Perlak • J. Bradley Roan • Jan Aldykiewicz • Eric Krauss • Mary E. Harney • Moira Modzelewski • R. Quincy Ward • Jeremy S. Weber • Thomas D. Cook • Mark Tellitocci • Kurt Brubaker • Donald C. King • Martin T. Mitchell • Mark L. Allred • | ||
| Former Chief judges | |||
