Der Richter wird sich wahrscheinlich auf die Seite von Mark Kelly stellen, wenn er die Bemühungen des Pentagons anfechtet, ihn wegen eines Videos mit „illegalen Befehlen“ zu bestrafen
https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/03/politics/mark-kelly-hearing-case-challenging-pentagon-punishment?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=missions&utm_source=reddit
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A federal judge [appears likely to side with Mark Kelly](https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/03/politics/mark-kelly-hearing-case-challenging-pentagon-punishment?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=missions&utm_source=reddit) in the Democratic senator’s case alleging the Pentagon is violating his First Amendment rights through its effort to punish him over his urging of US service members to refuse illegal orders.
During a high-stakes hearing in Washington, DC, on Tuesday, Senior US District Judge Richard Leon seemed troubled by the Trump administration’s suggestion that he take the unprecedented step of expanding existing loopholes to First Amendment protections for active-duty service members to also cover retirees such as Kelly.
“You’re asking me to do something the Supreme Court or the DC Circuit has never done,” Leon told a Justice Department lawyer defending the Pentagon’s efforts. “That’s a bit of a stretch.”
Leon, an appointee of former President George W. Bush, said he would likely issue a decision on Kelly’s request for a court order blocking the Pentagon’s efforts by February 11.
The hearing was the latest flashpoint in the Trump administration’s campaign to use the levers of government to punish high-profile critics of the president. In several other cases involving Donald Trump’s perceived political enemies, federal judges have stymied the president’s retribution crusade, killing criminal cases brought against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James and ruling against the president’s efforts to hamstring the work of Mark Zaid, a notable whistleblower attorney.
As he should.
Considering they are supposed to refuse illegal orders and are in fact taught this policy means the case was doomed.
So, these lawyers are arguing that part of enlisting would be a lifetime suspension of your ability to speak freely. Oh boy, sign me up.
This picture has ‘Tommy Lee Jones glaring over the newspaper’ vibes. It should be on a campaign poster in a couple of years.
No shit. It was a total slam dunk from the start, they just wanted their headlines for their stupid fucking MAGAt base that he was being punished by some sketchy workaround, because they couldn’t actually try him for sedition despite them falsely claiming that is what he was did multiple times.
They got their headlines, they don’t care anymore. And most cultists won’t even hear about how bigly they lost this one.
Appears likely??? should just be a slam dunk like wtf
FAFO, Pete.
Mark Kelly for President!
Wasn’t this the climax of a movie? Or can you not handle the truth.
He should have sanctioned the attorneys for them for bringing something this absurd to court.
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Ofc it is an official UCMJ directive like wtf
I hope this ends in embarrassment for Hegseth.
Rightly so
Simply put: how could it possibly be illegal to tell others to not break the law
Trump, Noem and Hegseth are issuing unlawful orders. The legislative branch stepped up. That’s their job!
Following the law?
Hmmm. Impressive
Duh obviously
You mean reminding people of the actual law isn’t illegal?
Because that’s the side that the law is on.
It’s like the judge has read the law and the Constitution or something.
Who knew?
Tomorrow :judge appears closer to likely side with Mark Kelly
No SHIT