In general it would be a First Amendment violation for a government employee to say "you can't publish your speech here but you can find another place to publish it". Also, in general, a government-funded organization managed by non-government employees has the First Amendment freedom of press to decline to publish an article. The only potential legal wrinkle I can spot centers around the previous piece that the USAWC un-published.

> I found out on February 25, 2025 that USAWC had changed their mind and decided not to publish the piece, after having to pull another previously-published piece “due to sensitivities” of “unnamed critics that wield the power.”

The USAWC likely had the First Amendment right to voluntarily pull the piece. The question is, did some federal government agency or employee send a coercive or threatening demand to pull the piece? If so, then that federal agency/employee likely violated the First Amendment. But I don't know what actually happened with the previous article yet.