politics
Stars and Stripes employees sue Pentagon to block firings
Employees of the congressionally funded Stars and Stripes newspaper filed a lawsuit on Thursday to block the Pentagon from firing them after they were dismissed on charges of insubordination.
TL;DR
- Stars and Stripes employees have filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.
- The lawsuit aims to block the Pentagon from firing Publisher Max Lederer, Editor-in-Chief Erik Slavin, and reporter Lara Korte.
- Plaintiffs argue their terminations violated the First Amendment.
- Slavin and Korte were allegedly fired for supporting the newspaper's independence from the Department of War and political influence.
- Lederer was reportedly dismissed for refusing to fire Slavin and Korte.