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Hegseth SHUT DOWN As Attack On Top Democrat Backfires Spectacularly
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5:51Now PlayingPete Hegseth gets humiliated as Judge hits him with brutal reality check on his attempt to have the Pentagon censure Sen. Mark Kelly and lower his retirement rank after Kelly joined other Democrats in video against following illegal orders. John Iadarola and Brett Erlich break it down on The Damage Report. Leave a comment with your thoughts below!
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Judge blocks Hegseth, Pentagon bid to punish Mark Kelly over ‘illegal orders’ video
"A federal judge on Thursday blocked the Pentagon’s efforts to censure Sen. Mark Kelly and lower his retirement rank in the wake of a video in which the Arizona senator and other Democrats called on service members to reject unlawful orders.
U.S. District Judge Richard Leon, an appointee of former President George W. Bush, noted the military principal that servicemembers enjoy weakened First Amendment protections to preserve discipline in the armed forces, but said that no court had ever extended that doctrine to retired service members.
He said he would not be the first to do so.
“This Court has all it needs to conclude that Defendants have trampled on Senator Kelly’s First Amendment freedoms and threatened the constitutional liberties of millions of military retirees,” the judge wrote. "
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