In keeping with last year’s National Defense Authorization Act, DoD has just published an interim final rule on administrative claims for servicemembers who are victims of military medical malpractice. It goes into effect July 19. While it doesn’t allow GI’s to sue…Read More »
Working against racism and white supremacy in the military is one of MLTF’s priority areas. Committee activities include: Monitoring military policies on racial discrimination and white supremacy Evaluating and critiquing military regulations on discrimination, white supremacy and related issues Developing know-your-rights materials…Read More »
by James M. Branum In the messaging put out by US military recruiters, one common theme is that the military “protects freedom,”[1] but unfortunately the military itself does a poor job of protecting the rights of its members to engage in their…Read More »
“Worst news in years for opponents of the draft and draft registration” Editor’s Note: Due to the timely and critical nature of this article, which was included in the Summer 2021 issue of On Watch, we are bypassing our usual 30-day hold…Read More »
Responding to broad concerns about the possibility for unlawful orders regarding the 2020 election, MLTF is providing new and expanded resources for attorneys, GI rights advocates, and servicemembers. News Release – October 29, 2020 The Military Law Task Force (MLTF) of the…Read More »
Topic/Background: During the last four years of the Trump administration, we have seen a growing use of military units in politicized ways against civilian populations in this country, including in the deployments to the US border and the more recent deployments of…Read More »
The Military Law Task Force of the National Lawyers Guild strongly condemns the actions of the President and the Office of Personnel Management in immediately suspending all diversity training throughout the Federal Government pending complete reviews of all such training. This policy…Read More »