A federal judge appears likely to side with Mark Kelly 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.”
Is it illegal to tell people to not break the law?
Yeah, and being against fascism makes you an enemy of the state.
Wish I could /s this response.
It is when the president is a felon apparently
Welcome to the leadership values of a literal insane criminal.
I don’t know about in the Untied States, but in Canada there is a specific law against advising people to break the law
In the video, he told people to not break the law.
I know, I’m saying it’s ironic for it to be treated as illegal to tell people not to break the law
I can’t believe that this is even being heard and not tossed out of court immediately as a water of the court’s time.
If they tossed the case that Mark Kelly brought, wouldn’t that mean they’re affirming the pentagon’s position in the case? Seems to me the only way for the pentagon to be overruled is for this to be heard.
Is it at least ICE water?
Sorry, couldn’t resist.
Kelly wants his day in court.
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