‘Protected speech’: Judge prevents War Department from punishing Mark Kelly for ‘seditious’ comments

U.S. Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz.

A judge at the entry level of the federal court system has prevented, for now, the Department of War from punishing Mark Kelly, a Democrat senator, for his “seditious” comments directed to the U.S. military.

The judge, Richard Leon, granted Kelly’s request for a preliminary injunction against War Secretary Pete Hegseth.

Kelly’s claim is that Hegseth is trying to punish him for “political speech.”

In fact, Kelly was part of a group of six Democrats...