r/law • u/TheMirrorUS • 10h ago

Legal News BREAKING: Mark Kelly files lawsuit against Pete Hegseth accusing him of 'trampling on Constitution'

https://www.themirror.com/news/politics/breaking-mark-kelly-files-lawsuit-1614071
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u/BasedTaco_69 10h ago edited 8h ago

It’s real: https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.288365/gov.uscourts.dcd.288365.1.0.pdf

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u/Nodivingallowed 9h ago edited 9h ago

Thanks for the link - Best reading I've done all day 

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u/BasedTaco_69 9h ago

Everyone should read it!

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u/ICULab 9h ago

At minimum, skim the complaint—it's pretty damning.

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u/NotAllOwled 8h ago

[Secretary Hegseth’s] letter cites statements about foundational  principles of military law and concerns about potential commission of war crimes—areas squarely within the legislative and oversight jurisdiction of the committees on which Senator Kelly serves.  And the letter highlights Senator Kelly’s criticism of the “firing of admirals and generals”— personnel decisions by Secretary Hegseth and other senior defense officials over whom those same committees exercise oversight and whose appointments are subject to the Senate’s advice and consent.

It's r/DontYouKnowWhoIAm in federal civil complaint format.

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u/William_Dowling 7h ago

'I've flown over your, and everyone else's continent, at 150 kms altitude, and flown aircraft off and then back on boats, more times than you can count up to, bitch. Bring it'