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Sunday, January 2, 2011

Is repeal of "Don't ask, don't tell" proceeding for 2011? -- from blog information

from a daily list serv (SCOTUS Blog dot-com) -- Supreme Court OF the U.S.
http://www.scotusblog.com/2011/01/delay-sought-on-gay-appeal/
Posted: 01 Jan 2011 mid-afternoon

The Obama Administration has asked the Ninth Circuit Court to put on hold, for 90 days or more, its review of the constitutionality of the 1993 federal law that bars gays and lesbians from serving openly in the military. In a motion filed Wednesday Dec. 29, 2010, Justice Department lawyers said the Pentagon needs time to implement the new law that will repeal the ban but not immediately.
The Log Cabin Republicans, a gay rights group that persuaded a federal judge in California to rule that the law is unconstitutional, will oppose any delay of the Circuit Court’s review, the government motion said. Earlier, after President Obama signed the repeal measure into law, the Log Cabin Republicans said they would press on with their case until the policy has in fact come to an end, and no more gays or lesbians face discharge from the services.
 http://www.logcabin.org/site/apps/nlnet/content2.aspx?c=nsKSL7PMLpF&b=6420733&ct=8984259

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