Der Fall Mark Kelly ist größer als es scheint

The entirety of the article…
>Of the many questions posed by those gathered in U.S. District Judge Richard Leon’s courtroom last week, the most obvious one of all never came up: Why on earth was anyone here in the first place?

>Until now, the military has pursued only a tiny number of criminal cases against retirees for actions that occur after military service has ended. Until now, the idea that the secretary of defense would accuse a lawmaker of treason simply for disagreeing with him would be laughable. Until now, any free-speech debates concerning sitting members of Congress have led to the conclusion that lawmakers ought to have—to borrow from former Chief Justice Earl Warren—the widest possible latitude to express themselves.

>And yet there we all were anyway, gathered to see Mark Kelly—the fighter pilot turned astronaut turned U.S. senator—defend his First Amendment rights against an attempt by the Pentagon chief, Pete Hegseth, to silence him and knock down his military retirement rank and pay.

Wow, I can’t believe that the U.S. military, an institution that has murdered millions of innocent civilians over the years in pursuit of private profit, is acting immorally. Who’d have thunk?

the Atlantic is crappier – much crappier – than it seems.

I’ll bet he says that to all the girls…

Even if he wins though, someone else will be targetted with Trumped up shite, and again, and again, until one judge lets evil triumph and precedent is set. When you’re up against the state, no matter how right you are, they will win. And they will get support. And we all lose.

I’m not sure about bigger than it seems, but it gets lost in the consistent and relatively large scandals uncovered weekly.

Hope Kelly takes this all the way to the White House in 2028, tbh

I hope that Mark Kelly becomes Secretary of DEFENCE in a future administration and spends four years hauling Kegsbreath from one court case to another, non-stop, including a similar stripping of any rank he holds (he has something from his days in the army, right?) and then a complete and utter court martialing.

this could be a „Have you no decency sir “ moment

>In the spring of 1954, McCarthy picked a fight with the U.S. Army, charging lax security at a top-secret army facility. The army responded that the senator had sought preferential treatment for a recently drafted subcommittee aide. Amidst this controversy, McCarthy temporarily stepped down as chairman for the duration of the three-month nationally televised spectacle known to history as the Army-McCarthy hearings.

>The army hired Boston lawyer Joseph Welch to make its case. At a session on June 9, 1954, McCarthy charged that one of Welch’s attorneys had ties to a Communist organization. As an amazed television audience looked on, Welch responded with the immortal lines that ultimately ended McCarthy’s career: „Until this moment, Senator, I think I never really gauged your cruelty or your recklessness.“ When McCarthy tried to continue his attack, Welch angrily interrupted, „Let us not assassinate this lad further, senator. You have done enough. Have you no sense of decency?“

[https://www.senate.gov/about/powers-procedures/investigations/mccarthy-hearings/have-you-no-sense-of-decency.htm](https://www.senate.gov/about/powers-procedures/investigations/mccarthy-hearings/have-you-no-sense-of-decency.htm)

Trump must love losing in court. He does it so often.

> “They don’t care what the courts say, because they’re going to depict them as liberal, woke courts,” he said. (Judge Leon was appointed by George W. Bush.)

Paywall S U C K S

I’m here for eventually revenge against Kegstand for him to get busted down to CPT for writing his dumbass book.

Here’s a [gift link](https://www.theatlantic.com/national-security/2026/02/pete-hegseth-mark-kelly-court/685911/?gift=Meso10F9u9J3r8KAg7WwheO8UMFjPAGWpR1n6GbktJI&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share).

https://archive.ph/vNj7k

YSK: The Atlantic supports pedophilia and pedophiles. https://www.reddit.com/r/WorkReform/s/WHsDbJ4sQE

It’s over America, been great, hope you enjoyed it!! Please dont leave your boundaries until one side or the other has won. We need a bit of time to arm ourselves! Better luck next time

Kelly for President.

Trump never served a burger let alone served his country.

I suspect that mark Kelly should be secretary of defense