By implementing the Military Order, the U.S. will be creating a system of secret proceedings in which the charges, the evidence, the verdicts, and the punishments would never have to be revealed to the public. Indeed, the Bush administration will have succeeded in erasing the rule-book of American justice that was painstakingly written during our nation's history and replaced it with a totalitarian code of vengeance. Olshansky examines how the Constitution addresses the cardinal issues of military authority and the requirements of due process and equal protection under the law, and how the courts and Congress have defined the proper roles of the executive, legislative, and judicial branches in our federal government.