[2][failed verification] Besides media references relating to specific cases, the term was used at military whistleblower committee hearings with members of the United States House of Representatives and Senate on May 14, 2008.
Transcripts of the hearings show that attorney Mike Lebowitz was identified as testifying as a legal expert in "military expression".
No officer or man in the armed forces has a right, be it constitutional, statutory or otherwise, to publish any information (or make any statement) which will imperil his unit or its cause.
[5][verification needed]With the advent of the Iraq War in 2003, the issue of military expression was again in the public eye as a relatively small number of service members and veterans began demonstrating.
[7][full citation needed] However, in this case, the service member avoided the other than honorable discharge being sought by the military due to the First Amendment arguments posed on his behalf.