Good luck with those proposed changes to the Manual for Courts-Martial

According to the October 19, 2022 Federal Register notice, comments on the recent proposed changes to the Manual for Courts-Martial must be received no later than December 19, 2022. The Joint Service Committee on Military Justice (JSC) has advised that questions from members of the public should be submitted no later than two weeks before the deadline for comments. 

Global Military Justice Reform had proposed to conduct a Town Hall to discuss the changes, but the JSC has declined to participate. The JSC also advises that it does not have a specific summary of the voluminous changes. 

There will be a public meeting at the Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces in Washington, DC on November 16, 2022, at which it would be nice if someone from the JSC would summarize the proposed changes orally and respond to questions, although the Federal Register notice says the purpose is only to receive comments.

If you have any questions or comments on the proposed changes, please post them here using the Comment function and feel free to respond to others' comments or questions using the Reply function. That way, readers will be able to share thoughts and questions for the benefit of all concerned. Of course, without a summary from the JSC, it may be like looking for a needle in a haystack to find aspects of the proposed changes that merit comment.