John Rolph (judge)

John Rolph is an American lawyer and officer in the United States Navy's Judge Advocate General corps.

[1] Captain John Rolph, JAGC, USN served as both an enlisted man and as an officer in the United States Navy during a 35-year career from 1973 until he retired in 2008.

His judicial positions include the following: Rolph's appointment was mentioned in a jurisdictional appeal filed by Omar Khadr's lawyers.

Khadr's lawyers argued that Rolph lacked the jurisdiction to publish the Court's rules of practice—that only the Chief Justice had that authority.

Khadr's lawyers' appeal was heard by the Court of Military Commission Review itself, which ruled, on September 19, 2008, that the Military Commissions Act gave the Secretary of Defense broad discretion in how he delegated the tasks involved in running and overseeing the court, and that the Rolph rules of practice compilation were properly authorized.