Obama opposes repeal of DADT

[fossten]

The Obama administration on Wednesday asked a federal appeals court to immediately suspend a judge’s ruling that overturned the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy on gays.

The government says it wants the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit in San Francisco to take action on Wednesday. The federal government is preparing arguments for the appeals court on why the ruling on “don’t ask, don’t tell” should be suspended while the case is appealed.

The Obama administration says it is in favor of repealing the law. However, the government says that letting the ruling of U.S. District Judge Virginia Phillips to go forward immediately would be a major problem for the military.

 

[Frogman]

When I heard that ruling, my first thought was "since when does a civilian court rule over military policy?"

 

[fossten]

I wonder why JohnnyBZ isn't frothing at the mouth over this?

 

[fossten]

Breaking: Federal appeals court reinstitutes “don’t ask, don’t tell”

posted at 7:53 pm on October 20, 2010 by Allahpundit


That was fast.

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday granted the Obama administration’s request for a temporary freeze of a California-based federal judge’s order telling the military to stop enforcing the policy…

Government lawyers sought to suspend the ruling while appeals were pending, arguing that it would pose a major problem for the military. They said it could encourage service members to reveal their sexual orientation before the issue is fully decided.

Not a tough issue legally — remember the point yesterday about troops being in legal limbo — but The One’s going to have some ‘splaining to do to lefties exhilarated by the fact that, for the first time in U.S. history, openly gay people could sign up to serve. Good luck, champ.

Meanwhile, at CBS, a new poll shows an eight-point drop in support for repealing DADT in just two months. I think I know why, but let’s see.