Supreme Court rules military judges sufficiently independent from chain of command

The Epoch Times

Right

Low Factuality

Independent: Epoch Media Group

Supreme Court Rules Military Judges Sufficiently Independent From Chain of Command

The Supreme Court of Canada says the constitutional right of judicial independence is not compromised for soldiers appearing in front of military judges. Nine members of the Canadian Armed Forces argued that military judges may have divided loyalties, because they are also military officers who are part of a chain of command. Some of the military judges in those cases agreed that they lack judicial independence, because they could be vulnerable …