How the Pentagon sidelined lawyers while testing the legal limits of military action | CNN Politics https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/15/politics/pentagon-lawyers-sidelined-jags

"Hegseth has repeatedly publicized his view that the military justice system is overbearing and out of touch. He referred to JAGs pejoratively as "jagoffs" in his 2024 book The War on Warriors, writing that he believed that JAGs preferred to investigate US troops rather than "bad guys" because it was "easier to get promoted that way."

He tapped his personal lawyer, Tim Parlatore, to coordinate an overhaul of the military legal system, beginning at the top. "I am so excited for this opportunity to return to service and help to make significant improvements to our military justice system to best support the warfighter," Parlatore wrote on X in March."

bearister said:

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How the Pentagon sidelined lawyers while testing the legal limits of military action | CNN Politics https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/15/politics/pentagon-lawyers-sidelined-jags

"Hegseth has repeatedly publicized his view that the military justice system is overbearing and out of touch. He referred to JAGs pejoratively as "jagoffs" in his 2024 book The War on Warriors, writing that he believed that JAGs preferred to investigate US troops rather than "bad guys" because it was "easier to get promoted that way."

He tapped his personal lawyer, Tim Parlatore, to coordinate an overhaul of the military legal system, beginning at the top. "I am so excited for this opportunity to return to service and help to make significant improvements to our military justice system to best support the warfighter," Parlatore wrote on X in March."

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The Jags will be busy in 2029

Probably not. Trump has to pardon every last person that ever carried out one of his illegal orders, whether it be military personnel or a civilian employee.

The only people that will suffer consequences will be attorneys in Trump's orbit that get disbarred by the states they are licensed by, with the exception of Florida,* naturally.

*Florida is basically a magnet for professionals that would be traveling carnies in a prior era.