REMEMBER THOSE FIRED STARS AND STRIPES PERSONNEL? YEAH, THEY HAVE *ALREADY* FILED A LAWSUIT!
by Anne P. Mitchell, Esq.
Remember how just 6 days ago we heard that Hegseth had fired Stars and Stripes Editor-in-Chief Eric Slavan, and pushed out Publisher Max Lederer? Well they have *just now* filed a lawsuit against Hegseth, Parnell, and others, including the DOD itself.
The primary basis for the lawsuit is that the actions taken against them violate their 1st Amendment rights because they are over things they said *outside* of work, on their personal time. In addition they allege that it was also because of their reporting about the situation with the U.S.S. Lincoln; and to that extent the firings or attempted firings were retaliatory.
Following that reporting the publisher, Max Lederer, was ordered to fire Slavin and a journalist, Lara Korte. Unwilling to fire them, he retired.
The lawsuit alleges violations of the 1st Amendment, and the Administrative Procedure Act (APA).
They are represented by lawyers from the Government Accountability Project, Lawyers for Good Government, the Democracy Defenders Fund, and a legal clinic at Yale Law School. It’s good to see these organizations banding together against this administration! And got the lawsuit filed in *just 6 days*, which *included* a weekend!
Notes from the Front members: the lawsuit complaint is in your inbox now; the redactions of the attorneys email addresses were added by me.
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