Court Opinion

ID: 9421323
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-02 22:57:50.526082+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:18:42.458727
License: Public Domain

Mr. Chief Justice Warren, Mr. Justice Black, and Mr. Justice Douglas
dissent.*
The decisions just announced have far-reaching importance. They subject to military court-martial, even in time of peace, the wives, mothers and children of members of the Armed Forces serving abroad even though these dependents have no connection whatever with the Armed Forces except their kinship to military personnel and their presence abroad. The questions raised are complex, the *486remedy drastic, and the consequences far-reaching upon the lives of civilians. The military is given new powers not hitherto thought consistent with our scheme of government.
For these reasons, we need more time than is available in these closing days of the Term in which to write our dissenting views. We will file our dissents during the next Term of Court.

[Note: This dissent applies also to Reid v. Covert, post, p. 487.]