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Supreme Court Deals DADT Repeal Death Blow?

Despite President Obama’s continuing assurances about the pending repeal of the policy known as “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” there are already murmurings the repeal rider to the Defense Authorization Act is effectively dead.  Now, the Supreme Court may have put another nail in the coffin of repeal, and it wasn’t their recent decision to uphold the appellate court’s stay, which allows DADT to be enforced while the trial continues.

It was Justice Kagan’s non-participation in the ruling:  Read more

DADT Case Goes to Supreme Court

The Log Cabin Republicans have asked the US Supreme Court to reinstate Judge Virginia Phillips’ injunction prohibiting the US military from enforcing its ban on open homosexual service.  The military has said DADT will continue to be enforced during appeal.

In perhaps the supremest of ironies, the request lands on the desk of Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy.  Some have speculated that DADT would be 4-4 at the court, with Kennedy being the deciding vote.

The filing demonstrates a self-righteous and self-centered Read more

Appeals Court Upholds Stay of DADT Injunction

A three-judge panel of the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals sided with the government when it upheld its prior stay of the controversial injunction issued against the military’s “Don’t ask, Don’t tell” policy.

In an eight-page order, two judges said they were persuaded by the Department of Justice’s argument that U.S. District Court Judge Virginia Phillips’ worldwide injunction against the policy “will seriously disrupt ongoing and determined efforts by the Administration to devise an orderly change.”

Importantly, the ruling may portend future issues in appeal.  First, the judges Read more

Appeals Court Stays DADT Injunction

After the issuing judge denied a stay, the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals granted the government’s plea for an emergency stay of her injunction against enforcing the current military policy/US law on homosexuals in military service.  The temporary stay can be challenged by the Plaintiff Log Cabin Republicans on Monday.

The short-term stay added more confusion to the military’s current policy, which the Department of Justice said was one of the reasons it sought the stay to begin with.