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2026-01-13 Home Front: Politix

Sen. Kelly sues the Pentagon over attempts to punish him, declaring it unconstitutional

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Posted by Frank G 2026-01-13 00:00|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [1819 views ] Top
File under: Tin Hat Dictators, Presidents for Life, & Kleptocrats

1 He need the Seth rich treatment!

Posted by chris 2026-01-13 00:11|| 2026-01-13 00:11|| Front Page Top

2 "The 90-second video was first posted on a social media account belonging to Sen. Elissa Slotkin."
The Carlson MAGA wing of antisemite woke reich are going to go nuts with this one. She happens to be Jewish.

Posted by Jairong+Scourge+of+the+Gepids2435 2026-01-13 02:19|| 2026-01-13 02:19|| Front Page Top

3 ....Y'know, for a Naval Aviator with combat time, a test pilot, and astronaut...he ain't too bright.

The bottom line here is that this is black letter law - it's been reviewed and implemented and it's a military matter. This will be swatted down in fairly short order, and he'll just be in a deeper hole.

Now mind you, there is one thing he could have done which might have stopped this dead in its tracks, and that's stopped taking the retirement pay. On the other hand, that's going to be close to 10K a MONTH, and I guess his honor can't afford that.

Mike

Posted by MikeKozlowski 2026-01-13 06:14|| 2026-01-13 06:14|| Front Page Top

4 ^Judge Boasberg

Posted by Grom the Affective 2026-01-13 06:30|| 2026-01-13 06:30|| Front Page Top

5 Maybe Kelly can file his suit at 2AM on Saturday to a judge that, for some reason, is at his desk working. This traffic court judge will create a tortuous reasoning that will give him jurisdiction over a military matter based on vibes. The judge will be a dual Montenegrin citizen that was naturalized last Tuesday.

Posted by Super Hose 2026-01-13 06:36|| 2026-01-13 06:36|| Front Page Top

6 It's unconstitutional to hold two public offices at the same time. Drawing your 'retirement' pay says that you retain your commission. For the uninformed, military retirement is not exactly retirement. You are subject to recall to active duty, its more or less reduced pay on retainer. If he had suspended his retirement pay while in his elected office, he'd have an 'constitutional' argument, however his own position is unconstitutional.

Posted by Procopius2k 2026-01-13 06:51|| 2026-01-13 06:51|| Front Page Top

7 I can smell the flop sweat from here. Unfortunately with some of the activist judges, this just might work.

Will no one rid me of this troublesome demoncrat?

Posted by DarthVader 2026-01-13 08:33|| 2026-01-13 08:33|| Front Page Top

8 So he cant do anything about his UCMJ actions, what he is going to do is try and get Heg for political attacks and say he weaponized the DOD. The "right" answer for the court is to tell him to appeal the summery board finding and let it go to trial, as the UCMJ provides. Its there he can claim persecution, racism and politics. However, during the trial he will have to step down as a senator.

Posted by 49 Pan 2026-01-13 10:07|| 2026-01-13 10:07|| Front Page Top

9 The idea is to maneuver your enemy into terrain when you have an advantage. Our judicial system has proved to be hostile terrain for MAGA folks.
Kelly doesn’t have a case, but that won’t matter in our courts as they are today. We call the judges activists but really they are compromised. An impartial judge will not have contact about the case ex parte, but all the rulings are coordinated. You never see a liberal case get rebuffed unexpectedly. The liberal lawyers bring their case to a sympathetic judge 100% of the time. The corruption of the judiciary is massive. The judges that are being avoided for the lib cases are complicit in that they allow the system to be manipulated and say nothing.

Posted by Super Hose 2026-01-13 10:51|| 2026-01-13 10:51|| Front Page Top

10 'but..but..but..it doesn't say anywhere in The Constitution Mark Kelly can't do that!'

Posted by swksvolFF 2026-01-13 16:31|| 2026-01-13 16:31|| Front Page Top

11 He's a bug-eyed *Senator*. How do things like this happen? He's pointless, yet he holds one of the most powerful positions in the country.

We talk a lot about holding politicians accountable. When will we talk seriously about holding voters accountable?

Posted by Crusader 2026-01-13 23:37|| 2026-01-13 23:37|| Front Page Top

12 What are the odds Kelly's suit gets tossed for failure to exhaust administrative remedies?

Posted by Thoan 2026-01-13 23:38|| 2026-01-13 23:38|| Front Page Top

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