WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court, ruling in the case of an HIV-positive Air Force major imprisoned for having unprotected sex, today bolstered the president’s power as the nation’s military commander in chief.

The court unanimously overturned an order by the military’s highest court that had barred the president from dropping from the armed forces any commissioned officer jailed for more than six months under a court-martial conviction that has become final.

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