Years could pass before the issue reaches the Supreme Court, which may or may not hand down a decision favoring the Trump policy. This puts the ball squarely in Congress’s court.
The actions of officials responsible for the failed Battle of Mogadishu seem relics of a bygone era compared to leadership’s response after the Afghanistan withdrawal.
It is an over-simplification to suggest that Scheller has been jailed because he demanded accountability from senior leaders or that he has been ‘punished for fighting for freedom.’