D.C. Circuit Hears Conscientious Objector Case

The Army Times through an AP article reports that yesterday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit heard oral arguments in Aguayo v. Harvey (Case No. 06-5241), a military conscientious objector case. Agustin Aguayo, an Army medic, announced his conscientious objection to war just as his unit was being deployed to Iraq. Aguayo went AWOL in order to avoid deployment. He is now being held in detention by Army authorities in Germany. His side of the story is related on his website, which links to all the legal documents in the case.