Breaking News: Military recruiters told to accept gay applicants

http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2010/10/20/102301/judge-rejects-obama-administrations.html

Judge rejects Obama's 'don't ask, don't tell' argument

 

Go Obama!

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE69J3Y120101020

Appeals court stays ruling on gays in military

(Reuters) - A federal appeals court ruled on Wednesday that the Pentagon may temporarily reinstate a ban on openly gay men and women in uniform while a lengthier stay in favor of the "don't ask, don't tell" policy is considered.

The ruling by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco added to the disarray surrounding a landmark legal battle that already has forced the U.S. military to welcome openly gay recruits for the first time.

Siding with the Obama administration, a three-judge appellate panel lifted an injunction issued last week by U.S. District Judge Virginia Phillips that barred further enforcement of a law requiring gay men and lesbians in the armed forces to keep their sexual orientation private.

 

The Pentagon has already issued a directive to not discriminate against gay people who want to enlist. The court rulings are not really relevant anymore.

 

Apology accepted.

 

On a tangential note, how many times does a judge have to have their decision overturned before someone says that they're not really fit to be a judge anymore? Not necessarily in this case, but hasn't 9th Circuit been overturned on a lot of issues recently? Or is it just because I'm just now starting to look at things like this, and it goes on all the time?

 

It goes on all the time. The 9th circuit is liberal and the supreme court is conservative. Thus they disagree often.

But, oddly enough, in this case the 9th has overruled a lower court in order to keep DADT. I don't think this means that the Supremes are going to outlaw DADT, but we'll see.

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