Although a very good episode, one of my favorites due to the subject matter, one thing a person in the military learns is that their Constitutional rights are not the same as they are for civilians. For example, first amendment rights (which are the issue in this episode) are curtailed for unit discipline and cohesion. Military personnel can also be subjected to "double jeopardy" which the Constitution prohibits. Search and seizure restrictions are also more relaxed in the military versus civilian life. These are just a few examples. What every serviceman/woman knows is that the UCMJ (Unified Code of Military Justice) contains the laws and codes of conduct that are observed while in uniform and where there are conflicts between the UCMJ and the Constitution, the UCMJ has precedent.
"where there are conflicts between the UCMJ and the Constitution, the UCMJ has precedent" .um as far I as I know, the US Constitution is the highest law of the land.
Excellent explanation deirdre, and I also agree that this a very good episode, I think ranking among the top several. UCMJ = Uniform Code of Military Justice.
@@warblerab2955You’re wrong. One of the first things one learns in the classes at basic is what I’ve asserted. Didn’t you learn this? Or did you serve? If the totality of the Constitution’s Bill of Right was applicable to military personnel there would be no need for the UCMJ. Imagine the equivalent of Article 134 in civilian jurisprudence!
Some American POWs from the Korean War and Vietnam were allegedly shipped to Russia, never to be seen again. What if one of Pavel's great, great,great,great grandfathers.....
Putting hands in uniform pockets. I cringed 😮
A fantastic performance by Walter Koenig! 👍🏽
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Although a very good episode, one of my favorites due to the subject matter, one thing a person in the military learns is that their Constitutional rights are not the same as they are for civilians. For example, first amendment rights (which are the issue in this episode) are curtailed for unit discipline and cohesion. Military personnel can also be subjected to "double jeopardy" which the Constitution prohibits. Search and seizure restrictions are also more relaxed in the military versus civilian life. These are just a few examples. What every serviceman/woman knows is that the UCMJ (Unified Code of Military Justice) contains the laws and codes of conduct that are observed while in uniform and where there are conflicts between the UCMJ and the Constitution, the UCMJ has precedent.
"where there are conflicts between the UCMJ and the Constitution, the UCMJ has precedent" .um as far I as I know, the US Constitution is the highest law of the land.
Excellent explanation deirdre, and I also agree that this a very good episode, I think ranking among the top several. UCMJ = Uniform Code of Military Justice.
@@warblerab2955For military personnel the UCMJ supersedes the US Constitution’s Bill of Rights, the first 10 amendments.
@@deirdre108 um no. nothing supersedes the US Constitution. Nothing.
@@warblerab2955You’re wrong. One of the first things one learns in the classes at basic is what I’ve asserted. Didn’t you learn this? Or did you serve?
If the totality of the Constitution’s Bill of Right was applicable to military personnel there would be no need for the UCMJ.
Imagine the equivalent of Article 134 in civilian jurisprudence!
Lt. Styles. "Balance of Terror".
We were riding high then. Six decades later, a lot of dead bodies thrown on the pile by our self-righteousness, arrogance, over-reach, 'mission's.
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Some American POWs from the Korean War and Vietnam were allegedly shipped to Russia, never to be seen again. What if one of Pavel's great, great,great,great grandfathers.....
Lockwood very good actor………today’s actors………?…
Never mind the mother the guy's a Russian his real name is Chekov!
LOL.
The only scene I didn't like was the smoking in bed scene. Bad mojo...otherwise another great episode.