A federal judge has blocked the Pentagon from punishing Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly for his role in a video message to U-S troops. Earlier this year, Defense Secretary Hegseth censured Senator Kelly, who is a former U-S Navy pilot, for telling members of the military to uphold the Constitution and resist unlawful orders. But a federal judge ruled that Pentagon officials violated Kelly’s First Amendment free speech rights. U-S  District Judge Richard Leon wrote that “our retired veterans deserve more respect from their Government, and our Constitution demands they receive it.”