[Cicero]

I don’t see how this can possibly hold up. I believe there are precedents preventing civilian judges from sticking their noses into military matters.

I don’t remember the exact details, but I think it was a SCOTUS decision to that effect.

[behzinlea]

Obama and Holder will not aggressively appeal this.

[peyton randolph]

I believe there are precedents preventing civilian judges from sticking their noses into military matters.

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There is also the U.S. Supreme Court's precedent of molly-coddling Gitmo detainees by misapplying the Geneva Conventions and looking to "international law" for ways to overturn constitutional rights. With the black-robed clowns, the U.S. Constitution is a suicide pact. As long as they get invited to  Washington's ruling class cocktail parties, the Supremes will fiddle while Rome burns.

[An.American.Expatriate]

I don’t see how this can possibly hold up. I believe there are precedents preventing civilian judges from sticking their noses into military matters.

This was likley a civil proceeding against the government, not the "military", although DoD is likely named as a defendant. Since a Department of the Government is being sued, the District court has jurisdiction.