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- Six members of Congress released a video urging military personnel to reject illegal orders.
- Senator Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) defended the action by invoking the First Amendment, not the speech or debate immunity.
- A U.S. District Court judge supported Kelly's stance and froze a censure from Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth.
- Legal precedents indicate the speech or debate clause does not extend to remarks outside Congress.
