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ScratchCat

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11. Exactly as I expected

Reply to LetMyPeopleVote (Original post)

Thu Feb 12, 2026, 02:43 PM

8 hrs ago

The judge hit all points:

- A person's 1st Amendment rights are not restricted for life by simply joining the military.

- Mark Kelly is a sitting US Senator with the right to political speech.

- Mark Kelly, as a US Senator, has legal oversight over the military.

- Notes that the attempt to censure Kelly is "impermissible government retaliation".

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Judge says Pete Hegseth is unlawfully retaliating against Sen. Mark Kelly over 'illegal orders' video [View all] LetMyPeopleVote 10 hrs ago OP

Link to beautifully scathing order here: Ocelot II 10 hrs ago #1

Thank you LetMyPeopleVote 10 hrs ago #3

I have skimmed this opinion and it made me smile LetMyPeopleVote 10 hrs ago #2

I would love to see Hegseth get sued by Kelly. Harassment, frivolous and malicious prosecution, defamation. Midnight Writer 10 hrs ago #4

Note the Judge stated BidenRocks 10 hrs ago #5

He had to. That is its legal name. The judge's ruling must be legally accurate. SunSeeker 10 hrs ago #8

MS NOW is covering this LetMyPeopleVote 10 hrs ago #6

K & R SunSeeker 10 hrs ago #7

It is going to be a battle over civilian justice vs the UCMJ The Grand Illuminist 10 hrs ago #9

That is the thing angrychair 4 hrs ago #21

If it went to military court.... The Grand Illuminist 1 hr ago #22

PERFECT ammunition for a bluestarone 9 hrs ago #10

The Should Each Sue the Trump Administration MissouriDem47 8 hrs ago #12

Yep bluestarone 8 hrs ago #13

Exactly as I expected ScratchCat 8 hrs ago #11

So is this the end of it? I sure hope so but you never know with these idiots. Katinfl 8 hrs ago #14

3-judge Panel w/ 2 Trump Appointees scheduled to overturn the ruling in maxsolomon 8 hrs ago #15

I'll bet against you on that one. onenote 4 hrs ago #19

And this is the exact odins folly 7 hrs ago #16

Good. mdbl 6 hrs ago #17

Pete Hegseth handed loss as GOP-appointed judge blocks move to reduce veteran Dem's rank LetMyPeopleVote 5 hrs ago #18

"Hegseth has radicalized the most conservative partisanly Republican judge not appointed by Trump I've ever met" muriel_volestrangler 4 hrs ago #20