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Judge allows Pentagon to proceed with firing Stars and Stripes journalists

From CBS News · () English

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Newswire From a news agency In the courts
  • A federal judge denied a request to temporarily block the firings of three Stars and Stripes employees while their lawsuit proceeds.
  • Judge Trevor McFadden found the government likely did not violate the journalists’ First Amendment rights by dismissing them.
  • The case remains active and concerns terminations carried out by the Pentagon last month.

A federal judge has cleared the Pentagon to move ahead with firing three employees of Stars and Stripes, rejecting an effort to keep them in their jobs while they challenge the dismissals in court.

U.S. District Judge Trevor McFadden denied a request from the newspaper’s publisher, editor-in-chief and Middle East reporter for an injunction. In a 24-page ruling, he found that the government likely had not violated their First Amendment rights by terminating them last month.

The Pentagon accused two of the journalists of insubordination. The dispute includes a July interview with CBS Sunday Morning, in which one journalist said she worked for Stars and Stripes, “not for the Pentagon, not for any administration, not for any policymaker.”

The lawsuit will continue through the court system. CBS News described the case as developing.

not for the Pentagon, not for any administration, not for any policymaker.

· Stars and Stripes journalistShe made the statement during a July interview cited in the dispute over the journalists’ firings.
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