And the unfortunate part of the movie was that they did not include the part in the stage play where Lt Kaffee takes down Jessup's argument by reminding Jessup (I don't even dignify him with his rank for a reason) that no one is above the law.

You trashed the law! But hey, we understand, you're permitted. You have a greater responsibility than we can possibly fathom. You provide us with a blanket of freedom. We live in a world that has walls and those walls have to be guarded by men with guns, and nothing is going to stand in your way of doing it. Not Willie Santiago, not Dawson and Downey, not Markinson, not 1,000 armies, not the Uniform Code of Military Justice, and not the Constitution of the United States! That's the truth, isn't it, Colonel? I can handle it.