United States v. Adcock

This case presents the question: Must the government obey its own laws? Today, regrettably, a majority of this Court concludes it need not.

We write separately to dissent from the majority’s conclusion that military officials at Travis AFB acted reasonably and within the scope of their discretion when they ordered the appellant confined under conditions that violated the regulations of the Secretary of the Air Force and executive orders of the President of the United States. We do not believe that a Presidential order mandating compliance with service regulations should be interpreted to…