U.S. District Judge Richard Leon "unimpressed" by Hegseth and legal team when bid to demote Mark Kelly brought to argument 3 Feb. 2026

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TODAY Was a day in court not just for my constitutional

rights but for millions of retired service members and really

all Americans -- Senator Mark Kelly (Sr. U.S. senator, Arizona)

D of J sent lawyer John Bailey who failed to cite any

cases in which veterans' speech was limited in the manner

now sought by Hegseth, Pentagon, Bondi, Trump, Vance and

so forth . . .