My understanding is this isn’t uncommon. The JAGs I graduated law school with did stints in a USA office. That was twenty years ago. I believe several were detailed to DC when Jan 6 cases flooded the dockets.
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Really? Did they actually try the cases or just help out?
aug 20, 2025, 10:12 pm • 0 0 • view
JAGs sometimes try federal cases that take place on military bases. It’s not like they have totally no experience. But it’s very slight.
aug 20, 2025, 10:18 pm • 1 0 • view
True. But, this sounds like they will be handling DC law cases, which is a bigger leap (although the national park cases often apply state law). It's a fair point, though.
aug 20, 2025, 10:24 pm • 0 0 • view
Oh yeah, no, I agree that the DC law cases are going to be a shitshow: DC law is far ahead of federal/military on many rights and just *different* in other areas. And even when they have tried park/base cases, they’ve usually been paired with normal AUSAs, not acting alone.
aug 20, 2025, 10:26 pm • 1 0 • view