LEXLawRadio host Will Helixon continues with his interview of Geoffrey Corn as they discuss the legal authority for military support to states during natural disasters in the wake of Hurricane’s Harvey in Houston and Irma in Florida, as Maria gains strength before devastating Puerto Rico.  In the new segment “Sound Off,” Will provides his opinion about the practice of some military prosecutors of not interviewing the alleged victim of sexual assault before the case is referred and arraigned.  

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This Week's Guests:  Professor Geoffrey Corn, South Texas College of Law Houston.

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Guest Bio:  Geoffrey S. Corn is The Presidential Research Professor of Law at South Texas College of Law Houston in Houston Texas. Prior to joining the South Texas College of Law Houston faculty in 2005, Professor Corn served in the U.S. Army for 21 years as an officer, and a final year as s civilian legal advisor, retiring in the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. Professor Corn’s teaching and scholarship focuses on the law of armed conflict, national security law, criminal law and procedure, and prosecutorial ethics. He has appeared an expert witness at the Military Commission in Guantanamo, the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, and in federal court. He is the lead author of The Law of Armed Conflict: An Operational Perspective, and The Laws of War and the War on Terror, and National Security Law and Policy: a Student Treatise. 

Next Week’s Guest:  Ms. Emma Shinn, Esq., Principal Attorney, Shinn Law Office.

Next Week's Main Topic:  Transgender Servicemembers:  What Happens Now After the Tweets that Changed Policy, Part 1.

Next Week's Segments:  Left, Right, Left:  Jon and Will debate and discuss whether servicemembers should be permitted to personal weapons on military installations and who should determine that policy.