Below is our new statement on racism in the military: The Military Law Task Force of the National Lawyers Guild was formed in...
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Current events and activism worth paying attention to.
Lawsuit Prompts Modification of DoD Dissent Instruction Relating to National Guard
The following press release refers to a case in which MLTF member James M. Branum was one of the two attorneys representing...
Fort Hood: A Toxic Culture
By Jeff Lake Following the April 2020 murder of Vanessa Guillen at Fort Hood at the hands of another soldier, the military was...
Minor Changes on Milpersman Reveal Navy Bias Against Conscientious Objectors
By Bill Galvin In December the Navy issued new conscientious objector regulations, Milpersman 1900-020. It is essentially the...
New Policy Allows Military Medical Malpractice Claims
by Aaron Frishberg When Congress passed, and the president signed, the National Defense Authorization Act of 2020, a bill was...
New NDAA provision to allow medical malpractice claims (but not litigation)
In keeping with last year's National Defense Authorization Act, DoD has just published an interim final rule on administrative...
Free speech in the military – the case of Cpt Alan Kennedy
by James M. Branum See update. In the messaging put out by US military recruiters, one common theme is that the military...
Supreme Court refuses to weigh constitutionality of male-only draft
“Worst news in years for opponents of the draft and draft registration” Editor's Note: Due to the timely and critical nature...
Discharge upgrade for Vietnam vet part 2: the legal roadmap
The Story of JG: September 20, 1950 – May 20, 2020 By Deborah Karpatkin Here continues the story of JG, a Vietnam combat...
Department of Defense Survey Shows Racial Bias Permeates U.S. Military
By Aaron Frishberg In 2017, the Department of Defense (DoD) conducted a “Workplace and Equal Opportunity Survey of Active Duty...
In Memoriam: Reber Boult
By David Gespass Kelly-Ingram Park in Birmingham, across the street from the 16th Street Baptist Church and the Birmingham...
MLTF anti-racism committee
Challenging Military Racism and White Supremacy In recent months, public attention has been drawn to racism in the...
MLTF Provides Legal Resources on 2020 Election Response for Military
Responding to broad concerns about the possibility for unlawful orders regarding the 2020 election, MLTF is providing new and...
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