Judge grants Mark Kelly a preliminary injunction against Hegseth, who is reconsidering his rank:

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Breaking: Judge grants Mark Kelly a preliminary injunction against Hegseth, who is reconsidering his rank: "This Court has all it needs to conclude that Defendants have trampled on Sen. Kelly's First Amendment freedoms & threatened the constitutional liberties of millions of military retirees."

— Kate Riga (@kateriga.bsky.social) 2026-02-12T17:36:45.061Z

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1. this is the correct opiion but note

a guy like general flynn, who actually commanded an assault upon the capital, should be subject to this kind of court martial.

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2. Generals, admirals, and other high-ranking officers/civilians must feel let down to toe the line to this drunken minor m

Generals, admirals, and other high-ranking officers/civilians must feel let down to toe the line to this drunken minor major.

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3. Judge says Pete Hegseth is unlawfully retaliating against Sen. Mark Kelly over 'illegal orders' video

This ruling makes me smile. I am looking forward to reading this opinion

Judge says Pete Hegseth is unlawfully retaliating against Sen. Mark Kelly over ‘illegal orders’ video

https://fascinating.news/r/hRS2CmPg

— Fascinating News 🇺🇸 (@fascinating-us.bsky.social) 2026-02-12T17:42:01.123Z

https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/12/politics/mark-kelly-pentagon-lawsuit-ruling

A federal judge on Thursday shut down Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s attempts to punish Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly over his urging of US service members to refuse illegal orders, ruling that the Pentagon chief’s actions were unconstitutionally retaliatory.

The decision landed two days after a grand jury in Washington, DC, declined to approve charges sought by federal prosecutors against the Arizona senator and several other Democratic lawmakers who taped a video last year warning that “threats to our Constitution” are coming “from right here at home,” and repeatedly implored service members and the intelligence community to “refuse illegal orders.”

Together, the grand jury declination and ruling from senior US District Judge Richard Leon represent major impediments to efforts by aides of President Donald Trump to use the levers of government to punish Kelly, a retired Navy captain and former astronaut, over his participation in the video.

Leon, an appointee of former President George W. Bush, wrote in a scathing, 29-page ruling that Hegseth was trampling over the First Amendment rights of Kelly and that his moves are an impermissible form of government retaliation.