Mark Kelly sues Pentagon, Hegseth over bid to censure, lower senator’s retirement rank

Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) connected Monday filed a suit against Secretary Pete Hegseth implicit efforts to censure the legislator and little his status rank after he participated in a video calling on work members to cull unlawful orders.  Kelly argues that the Pentagon’s bid to reduce his status rank and military pension would “trample connected protections” the Constitution lays out for legislative independence, contending that the executive…