{"data":{"id":"us/10-u.s.c.-888","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"10 U.S.C. § 888","heading":"Art. 88. Contempt toward officials","body":"Any commissioned officer who uses contemptuous words against the President, the Vice President, Congress, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of a military department, the Secretary of Homeland Security, or the Governor or legislature of any State, Commonwealth, or possession in which he is on duty or present shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.","path":["Title 10—ARMED FORCES","CHAPTER 47—UNIFORM CODE OF MILITARY JUSTICE"],"source_url":"https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/103/xml_usc10@119-103.zip","current_through":"Public Law 119-103 (09/02/2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-10T05:56:10Z","sha256":"ce9ff203d4305072bfa3c7841db13f4e7ce266f05267f23cbcfba1916bfa62ff","source_id":"us","stale":false,"prev":"us/10-u.s.c.-887b","next":"us/10-u.s.c.-889"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}