European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 05, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse Pago 4 the stars and stripes Friday november 5, t993 High court reviews military Justice sex marines Challenge met Hod of selecting judges Ferms Washington a the supreme court in a Case that could Force great change in the military jus Tice system is reviewing the armed services appoint mint and use of judges who have no fixed terms in arguments wednesday a lawyer representing two former marines called the system constitutionally flawed but the Clinton administration s top ranked courtroom lawyer defended it. "history1 is a powerful testament to legitimacy said solicitor general Drew s. Days Iii whose argument was paraphrased by Justice Antonin Scalia As that s the Way it s been for 200 the appointment process of military judges and their indefinite terms arc under attack As a hindrance to Independence and a violation of criminal defendants judges Are appointed by the judge advocate Gen Cral and can be removed or transferred at his discretion. Critics a the jag has no authority under the Constitution to make such appointments. They also say military judges arc under silent pressure to Render verdicts that please the military Justice Hierarchy because they have Clinton plans to Mark a Doy in Normandy Paris a president Clin Toti will tour one of history s most celebrated battlefields next june to Mark the 50th.anni Ersary of a Day the French govern ment announced thursday. Clinton will be joined by French presi Dent Mitterrand Queen Eliza Beth ii of Britain new Canadian prime minister Jean Chretien president Lech Walesa of Poland and King Marald v of Norway. The celebrations june 5-6 should Mark Clinton s first visit to France a . Ally at loggerheads with his administration Over Trade negotiations that could Cut subsidies to French Farmers. The visit could help the . Military warm up to a president whose avoidance of the Vietnam draft and Campaign to lift bans in homosexuals have been greeted with scepticism in some circles. Tens of thousands of world War ii veterans and millions More Ordinary tourists Are expected to visit the Normandy coast next year to commemorate history s largest amphibious Landing. On june 6, 1944, 150,000 Allied servicemen assaulted beaches dubbed Omaha Utah Juno sword and Gold. The Landing was preceded the night be fore by Parachute drops farther Inland. No fixed term and can be replaced and reassigned by the jag at his discretion. The two former marines were convicted of vastly Dif Ferent crimes. Eric Weiss was forced out with a bad conduct discharge for shoplifting a $9 racquetball Glove. Ernesto Hernandez was Given a dishonourable discharge and 20 years in prison for smuggling cocaine aboard a military air plane. Weiss had been stationed at Twenty nine Palms at Cherry Point . The court expected to decide the Case by jury must resolve two separate issues does the part of the Constitution requiring the president to appoint All officers of the United states mean that military officers need a separate presidential appointment before they May serve As judges does the Lack of fixed terms for court martial judges and Middle tier appellate judges violate the due process rights of criminal defendants who appear be fore them Alan Morrison the sex marines attorney spent Al most All of his allotted time arguing that the military court martial and appellate judges need separate Judi Cial appointments from the president. Days said Morrison was wrong. But unlike Morrison Days devoted most of his argument time to the no fated terms Issue. Military judges unlike civilian judges Don t Nee Protection from the pressures of the political pro Cess Days contended. But Justice Anthony m. Kennedy raised the possibility of a likelihood to please the higher implicit in the Challenge by Weiss and Hernandez is the notion that the current system influences judges to favor the prosecution so their careers will not be threatened by unpopular rulings. But Days said that implication is in appropriate in the context of the military three of the High court s nine members Are military vet Erans. Chief Justice William h. Rehnquist and Justice John Paul Stevens served in the army air Force an Navy respectively during world War if. Kennedy was in the California army National guard in the Early 1960s. C-141 inspections Cut traffic at some air bases sa3 the invasion caught Adolf Hitler s occupation troops by Surprise and eventually helped Lead to nazi Germany s surren Der May 7,1945. The anniversary will be celebrated wit almost As much drama As the original landings in wind swept Normandy where villages towns and departments Are plan Ning two months of commemorations. The highlights will be Parachute drops and an official ceremony june 6 grouping Linton and the other Heads of state at Omaha Beach where about 10,000 .soldiers Are buried. More than 30 other ceremonies rescheduled including one at Elisc where . Paratroops were dropped in 1944, and the rugged Spinte do Hoe taken by . Rangers. Queen Elizabeth s husband the Duke of Edinburgh and her son Prince Charles will also participate. By Kevin Dougherty Kaiserslautern Burea Ramstein a Germany flights of c-141 Star lifter cargo planes in handout of Ramstein a have dropped by 75 percent because of an air Force inspection program involving minute Wing cracks a base spokesman aircraft will pick up the Slack said senior airman Phillip Ulmer Ramstein spa Edsman. I Don t think the air base will see much of a difference Nair traffic Ulmer said. If he be civil Ian aircraft instead of military the air Force is inspecting All of its248 c-14is for Small cracks emanating from Quarter Inch holes in the wings. The750 holes in each Wing allow Jet fuel to circulate during flight said capt. Andry Swanson a spokeswoman for air mobility come at Scott fab Iii. If left untouched the cracks could cause fuel leaks and weakening of the c-141s already have been retired and another pair will soon have been aware of cracks in the so called weep holes for sometime but in May they Learned that the problem was More serious than first thought Swanson said. Thorough inspections and repairs started in Impact of the inspection program has been Felt at major cargo bases in Europe. At Rhein Mam a Germany strategic air traffic is Down Between 30 and 50 percent though part of that is a result of operation provide Promise said capt. Torii Kemper a base spokeswoman. Provide Promise the humanitarian Effort to Aid War victims in Bosnia and Herze Govina uses c-130 cargo planes and there fore some of Rhein main s starlite traffic has been diverted to Ramstein. There has been an Impact on our air Nolkemper said of the c-141 traffic. Likewise Raf Mildenhall England has experienced a significant decrease in c-141 traffic base spokesman Don Dick said citing information from Thebas a air terminal operations Center. All but 12 cargo planes have been inspected. More than 150 aircraft were identified for repair Swanson said. Fifty-Sevenc-141s have been cleared for unrestricted flying. Some of the remaining c-141s Are undergoing a regular maintenance Check. The number of c-141 flights into Ramstein once averaged about 80 month Ulmer said. That number is now about 20 a c-141 traffic at Ramstein will probably never be As great As it once was before August Swanson . Ronald r. Fogleman am com Mander wants to save the c141s for the irregular task of transporting oversized cargo such As tanks and armoured vehicles. The air Force eventually wants to replace the c-141s. Built in the mid-1960s, with the c-17, the latest cargo aircraft. Air base bomb legitimate lawyer says Frankfurt Germany a lawyer defending a leftist terrorist charged in the 1985 bombing of there pm main a and the murder of a . Service member said thursday that the attack was a legitimate act of Resis Tance against . defendant Eva Haule was evicted from the courtroom on the first Day other trial when she refused the judge s or Ders to sit , a 39-year-old fragile looking woman with Long dark hair is charge with three counts of murder and 23 counts of attempted murder. She faces life imprisonment if convicted. Her attorney Gerd Klusmeyer said the attack was a legitimate Means of resistance against american imperialism and asked Tor the charges to be dropped. Haule who u already serve Fig a 15-Yearsentence for another terrorist attack said the prosecution had no proof against her or any other Mem Ber of the Radical red army described the proceedings As Ashow trial. On aug. 8, 1985,explosives packed in a Volkswagen rocked the parking lot behind therein Mam head blast lulled Haule airman 1st class Frank h. Scarton. 19, of Woodhaven mich., and Becky Joe Bristol the wife Ofa senior airman from san Antonio it also injured 23 night before 20-year-old . Army spec. Edward Pimental of new York City was killed after leaving Wiesbaden disco with a woman. Authorities say the terrorists used i mental s id card to enter the air base. His body was found in a wooded area near Wiesbaden 25 Miles West of Frankfurt. The bombing was one of a series of at tacks the leftist red army faction carried out against the . Military in German Yin the 1970s and 80s. State prosecutor Klaus Pflieger said written notes linking Haule to the bomb ing were found recently in the prison cello another red army faction terrorist. In a Long political statement read to the court Haule said the state was trying to persuade her to testify against other re army faction members which she would not do. Although she renounced violence Haule said she was against negotiations with the government on dissolving the group in Exchange for lighter sentences. Judge Erich Schieferstein had haul evicted from the courtroom when she got up and stood at the Glass partition separating the courtroom from the spectators. Junior Roth Cadet died for of saving Baum older Germany is a Junior air Force Roth Cadet was honoured thurs Day in Baum older for giving life saving assistance to another Cadet in june. Michelle Barker 15, of Baum Holder High school received a Junior Roth humanitarian award for providing immediate first a Djune 18 to Louis Casinelli 16, of Niernberg High school after he suffered a Strong reaction to an insect bite. Barker and other cadets treated Casinelli for Shock constructed a litter and sent Rescue teams for adult help. Medical personnel then took him to Lan Stuhl army regional medical Center
