A federal judge barred the Pentagon from reducing Sen. Mark Kelly's military retirement rank and pay over an illegal orders video. The post Judge blocks Pentagon from punishing Mark Kelly over video;

Judge Richard Leon notes that Sen. Mark Kelly's comments about unlawful military orders were "unquestionably protected" by the First Amendment.

And yet there we all were anyway, gathered to see Mark Kelly—the fighter pilot turned astronaut turned U.S. senator—defend his First Amendment rights against an attempt by the Pentagon chief, Pete Hegseth, to silence him and knock down his military retirement rank and pay.