Sen. Mark Kelly, flanked by retired veterans, speaks outside E. Prettyman Barrett Courthouse in Washington on May 7, 2026. Stacy Robinson/The Epoch Times
WASHINGTON—A federal appeals court on May 7 seemed to side with Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) in his First Amendment suit against Secretary of War Pete Hegseth.
Kelly, a veteran of the U.S. Navy, appeared in a video last November with other Democratic lawmakers urging soldiers to disobey any “unlawful” orders they received. All of those members of Congress are military or intelligence community veterans.
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