For a second time, a federal judge Friday refused to order a halt to the Marine Corps' process of discharging a sergeant who made comments critical of President Obama on Facebook.
District Judge Marilyn Huff refused a request from civilian attorneys for Sgt. Gary Stein to issue a temporary restraining order to block the discharge process.
But she did schedule a hearing for next Friday to hear the attorneys' assertion that the Marine Corps is violating Stein's 1st Amendment rights and that the Administrative Separation Board is an unfair process that denies due process.
The board Thursday night voted 3 to 0 to recommend that Stein be dismissed from the Marine Corps with an other-than-honorable discharge. The recommendation will be sent to the commanding general of Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego.
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lan...-the-marine-corps-process-of-discharging.html
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A pertinent note from the comment section of the LA Times
I can't wait until this yokel gets his due - a one-way ticket back to Baptist Hollow where he can be a recruiter for "the Oath Breakers," the group of coward former-Americans that think it's perfectly OK for a uniformed member of the armed forces to post ignorant, racist, treasonous crap about the Commander in Chief online in a public forum.
Arguing about retirement benefits ? Give me a break - he can work at his Pappy's gas station in The Hollow until he keels over.
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District Judge Marilyn Huff refused a request from civilian attorneys for Sgt. Gary Stein to issue a temporary restraining order to block the discharge process.
But she did schedule a hearing for next Friday to hear the attorneys' assertion that the Marine Corps is violating Stein's 1st Amendment rights and that the Administrative Separation Board is an unfair process that denies due process.
The board Thursday night voted 3 to 0 to recommend that Stein be dismissed from the Marine Corps with an other-than-honorable discharge. The recommendation will be sent to the commanding general of Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego.
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lan...-the-marine-corps-process-of-discharging.html
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A pertinent note from the comment section of the LA Times
I can't wait until this yokel gets his due - a one-way ticket back to Baptist Hollow where he can be a recruiter for "the Oath Breakers," the group of coward former-Americans that think it's perfectly OK for a uniformed member of the armed forces to post ignorant, racist, treasonous crap about the Commander in Chief online in a public forum.
Arguing about retirement benefits ? Give me a break - he can work at his Pappy's gas station in The Hollow until he keels over.
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