Don't Ask Don't Tell

DOJ Asks Appeals Court For DADT Stay After Rejection By Trial Judge

Rachel Slajda | October 20, 2010, 12:40PM

Attorney General Eric Holder

After federal Judge Virginia Phillips denied the government's request to continue enforcing Don't Ask, Don't Tell pending appeal, the Justice Department has made the same request to a higher court.

The government is appealing Phillips' ruling that DADT is unconstitutional to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. Today, it also asked the appeals court to stay the injunction Phillips issued last week, which orders the military to stop enforcing DADT.

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Judge Officially Denies Gov't Request To Keep Enforcing DADT

Rachel Slajda | October 20, 2010, 9:51AM

U.S. Marines on patrol in the Helmand province of Afghanistan

As expected, a federal judge in California yesterday officially denied the government's request to continue enforcing Don't Ask, Don't Tell pending appeal.

Judge Virginia Phillips, who last week issued an injunction ordering the military to stop enforcing the policy, refused to grant a stay of her injunction.

She chastised the government for waiting until after she issued her injunction to file their objections. She also called its arguments "conclusory and unpersuasive."

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Judge Unlikely To Allow Enforcement Of DADT During Gov't Appeal

Rachel Slajda | October 19, 2010, 9:13AM

U.S. Marines on patrol in the Helmand province of Afghanistan

A federal judge in California yesterday said she was inclined to deny the government's request to continue enforcing Don't Ask, Don't Tell while it appeals her ruling that the policy is unconstitutional.

Judge Virginia Phillips, who last week ordered the military to stop enforcing the policy, issued a preliminary ruling against the government's request to stay her injunction while the Justice Department appeals to the Ninth Circuit. Her final ruling is expected today.

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