A bill to amend chapter 47 of title 10, United States Code, to provide that judges of the Courts of Military Review shall be appointed by the President, to confer authority on the court of Military Appeals to issue orders and writs necessary to protect the rights of military personnel.

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Provides that the President shall establish within each of the Armed Forces a Court of Military Review which shall be composed of one or more panels, and each such panel shall be composed of not less than three appellate military judges to be appointed by the President for terms of three years. Provides that the Court of Military Review established for each armed force shall be assigned for administrative purposes only to the office of the Judge Advocate General of that armed force. Provides that no member of the Armed Forces below the grade of Lieutenant Colonel or Commander shall be eligible for appointment to the Court of Military Review. Directs the President to prescribe rules of procedure for Courts of Military Review established under this section. Provides that a member of the Armed Forces serving as a member of the Court of Military Review, other than a chief judge, shall during his term on such court be rated on his performance of duty by the chief judge of such court and that whenever the chief judge of a Court of Military Review is a member of the Armed Forces, he shall be rated on his performance of duty by the Judge Advocate General of the armed force of which such Ad…