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AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth: Supreme Court rejects legal challenge to "Don't Ask, Don't Tell." It's time for Presidential leadership.
The Latest on Air America: Supreme Court Won't Hear Don't Ask, Don't Tell Appeal
Think Progress: Supreme Court turns away constitutional challenge to Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.
Supreme Court rejects legal challenge to "Don't Ask, Don't Tell." It's time for Presidential leadership.
AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth —
Today, the Supreme Court punted on its chance to overturn "Don't Ask, Don't Tell": The Supreme Court on Monday turned down a challenge to the Pentagon policy forbidding gays and lesbians from serving openly in the military, granting a request by the Obama administration. The court said it will not hear an appeal from former Army Capt. James Pietrangelo II, who was dismissed under the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy. The federal appeals court in Boston earlier threw out a lawsuit filed by Pietrangelo and 11 other veterans. He was the only member ...
Supreme Court Won't Hear Don't Ask, Don't Tell Appeal
The Latest on Air America —
... case when it found that "don't ask, don't tell" is "rationally related to the government's legitimate interest in military discipline and cohesion." During his campaign, President Barack Obama said that he supported overturning the policy, but so far no visible action has been taken. White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs, in recent press briefings, has given mixed answers about the administrations progress -- or lack thereof -- on allowing equality in the military. Read more here .
Supreme Court turns away constitutional challenge to Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.
Think Progress —
... to the government’s Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy, which bans gays from serving openly in the military. The case, Pietrangelo v. Gates, “stemmed from a lawsuit by 12 former service members who were discharged” under Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell. A “federal appeals court in Boston threw out the suit,” but James E. Pietrangelo II, one of the 12 who filed the suit, “asked the Supreme Court to hear arguments in the case. Most of the rest of the group joined a brief asking the justices to defer reviewing the policy while ...
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... to the government’s Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy, which bans gays from serving openly in the military. The case, Pietrangelo v. Gates , “stemmed from a lawsuit by 12 former service members who were discharged” under Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell. A “federal appeals court in Boston threw out the suit,” but James E. Pietrangelo II, one of the 12 who filed the suit, “asked the Supreme Court to hear arguments in the case. Most of the rest of the group joined a brief asking the justices to defer reviewing the policy while the administration and lawmakers revisit it.” Reacting to the ...
