US appeals court appears skeptical of Pentagon bid to punish Mark Kelly

Case involves White House effort to censure the US senator over video urging service members to ‘refuse illegal orders’ A US federal appeals court at a hearing on Thursday appeared skeptical that the Trump administration’s could legally punish Mark Kelly, a Democratic US senator, over public remarks he made urging service members to refuse unlawful orders. Members of a three-judge panel of the US court of appeals for the District of Columbia circuit criticized the government’s efforts to censure Kelly, a retired navy captain and Arizona Democrat, over more than an hour of questioning. Continue reading...

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