U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
Rodriguez v. U.S. Dep't of the Air Force
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- Opinion of the Court
- Filed
- July 8, 2019
- Case
- Rodriguez v. U.S. Dep't of the Air Force
- Case status
- Decided
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TREVOR N. McFADDEN, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE Charles Roberson invited Oscar Rodriguez to perform a then-controversial flag-folding speech at his Air Force retirement ceremony. Because of its religious content, Rodriguez sometimes referred to his flag-folding speech as "the God speech." During the ceremony, when Rodriguez began to speak, a group of airmen-apparently acting at the behest of the commanding officer-grabbed and physi…
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