THE CRISIS OF JUNE 2020: THE CASE OF THE RETIRED GENERALS AND ADMIRALS AND THE CLARION CALLS OF THEIR CRITICS IN LEX NON SCRIPTA (HISTORIC) PERSPECTIVE
Journal: Insecta mundi
Year: 2021

In the first week of June 2020, former Secretary of Defense James Mattis, a retired United States Marine Corps general with substantial wartime experience, along with other retired senior military officers took the unusual step of condemning President Donald Trump for his response to nation-wide demonstrations demanding equal justice and an end to the existence of systemic and institutional racism. Shortly afterward, former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Colin Powell (who had also served