NIMJ files amicus in Miranda v. U.S.  Here is a link to the NIMJ
amicus brief in Miranda v. United States.  You can find a little
more information about the case here, here, and here at NIMJ-
CAAFLog.  Here is the QP with a proposed modification by NIMJ.
The petition for a writ of certiorari presents the following
question:  Congress enacted the Uniform Code of  Military
Justice, which directs that a voluntary guilty plea cannot be
accepted by a military judge if the servicemember, after
the plea, presents a matter that is inconsistent with that plea.
The question presented is:  Are post-traumatic stress disorder
and bipolar disorder substantial questions that a military judge
must consider before accepting a servicemember’s guilty plea,
when those disorders may have contributed to the charged
misconduct?  Amicus National Institute of Military Justice
believes the following threshold question is presented:  Is
review under 28 U.S.C. § 1259 restricted to the particular
issue(s) as to which the Court of Appeals