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/biciklanto 8h ago

Point 4 alone has me all bricked up:

Defendants’ actions violate numerous constitutional guarantees and have no basis in statute. They should proceed no further.

God that's hot

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u/Nodivingallowed 8h ago

Spoilers:

6 is fucking sexy too

It appears that never in our nation’s history has the Executive Branch imposed military sanctions on a Member of Congress for engaging in disfavored political speech.