NSL4A today announced the launch of a new public campaign defending the First Amendment rights of retired military personnel, featuring retired members of NSL4A speaking directly about the constitutional, civic, and civil-military stakes raised by recent government action against Senator Mark Kelly.

NSL4A has filed an amicus brief in Kelly v. Hegseth, urging the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to uphold the First Amendment rights of retired military personnel and reject the government’s effort to subject retirees’ public speech to the same restrictions applied to active-duty service members.

NSL4A expresses deep concern over President Trump’s public threats to invoke the Insurrection Act in Minnesota and the Department of Defense’s decision to place active-duty Army forces from Alaska on prepare-to-deploy status for possible domestic operations.

NSL4A affirms its support for Senator Mark Kelly and raises serious constitutional and due-process concerns over the Department of Defense’s use of administrative processes to potentially censure a retired officer and sitting Member of Congress for constitutionally protected speech and legislative activity.