WASHINGTON, D.C. — As an organization that has long defended the First Amendment rights of veterans and active-duty service members, The Rutherford Institute is raising serious concerns about attempts by the federal government to intimidate or punish military veterans—including by threatening to reduce their retirement grade and pay—for exercising their right to criticize the government.
The Institute’s warning coincides with efforts by the Trump administration to reduce the military retirement grade and pay of Senator Mark Kelly, a decorated combat veteran, in retaliation for his public statements reminding military service members that their allegiance to the Constitution must trump any political loyalties—and that they retain not only the right, but the legal obligation, to refuse orders that are unlawful or unconstitutional.
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