美国联邦法官特雷弗·麦克法登周五裁定，五角大楼有权解雇《星条旗报》的三名员工，驳回了这些员工要求阻止其被解职的诉讼请求1。被解雇的员工包括出版人马克斯·莱德勒、主编埃里克·斯莱文和中东记者劳拉·科特，他们声称遭到非法纪律处分1。法官在裁定中认为这些记者不太可能成功证明五角大楼侵犯了他们根据第一修正案享有的言论自由权1。
事件的起因源于员工对军方可能进行编辑审查的反对立场1。斯莱文因接受CBS采访阐述这一观点而被指控不服从命令1。五角大楼则声称这些采访属于员工的官方职责范畴，而非私人身份发表的言论1。麦克法登在裁定书中指出："他们因代表报社给出基本上遵循公司路线的预先批准采访而被解雇。无论这种做法还可能违反什么，它并不明显违反第一修正案。"1
莱德勒在宣布即将退休后不久遭到解雇，他声称五角大楼在未经其同意的情况下为其安排了一名现役军人担任副出版人1。国防部长皮特·赫格塞斯被列为诉讼中的被告1。
A federal judge in Washington, D.C., on Friday declined to prevent the Pentagon from terminating three employees of Stars and Stripes, the military's independent newspaper, after they appeared in a CBS interview discussing editorial independence.1 Judge Trevor McFadden, a Republican appointee, ruled that the dismissed staffers were unlikely to succeed in proving the Pentagon violated their First Amendment free speech rights.1
The three employees facing termination are publisher Max Lederer, editor-in-chief Erik Slavin, and Middle East correspondent Lara Korte.1 Slavin was cited for insubordination after the CBS interview, which addressed potential military censorship concerns.1 Lederer was dismissed shortly after announcing his planned retirement and claimed the Pentagon appointed an active-duty military officer as deputy publisher without his consent.1
The Pentagon contended the interviews were part of the employees' official duties rather than private speech, and Judge McFadden agreed, stating: "They were fired for giving pre-approved interviews on behalf of the newspaper that were essentially on-message. Whatever else such conduct might potentially violate, it does not obviously violate the First Amendment."1 The case names Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth as a defendant.1
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