Can the Supreme Court over rule Military Courts? If they can then the recent refusal to look at election cases means they hold the Trump card and is scary to imagine.
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A military tribunal under martial law has no appeal process. The constitution is suspended under such circumstances (martial law means the suspension of civil authority and implementation of martial authority).
The normal (non-wartime) martial court has nothing to do with martial law. It is a military court where the defendant is a person in the military. In such a court there is an appeal path to SCOTUS.
A military tribunal is a martial authority court. The defendant in such a court is considered an enemy of the state, i.e. an enemy of the constitution, The defendant can be a civilian or otherwise. There is no appeal to that court.