Comments on: Justice Dept. Files Emergency DADT Stay Request With 9th Circuit

By: Rob San Diego

Rob San Diego — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 04:06:52 +0000

I love how the administration wants to leave this to congress to undo. As if congress will still be in the Democrats control after the election.

By: R

Wed, 20 Oct 2010 18:41:31 +0000

DADT was broken before the ruling. Most people don’t support it. Many servicemembers know someone who is serving who is GLBT. Nobody cares who is gay or not. Somehow everyone isn’t being sexually assaulted in the shower despite that. The group most likely to be sexually assaulted in the military is women, not men, and DADT’s repeal won’t change that.

By: Pliny

Pliny — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 17:25:06 +0000

I didn’t realize the constitution had an exception for “orderly repeal” of unconstitutional acts.

By: Aaron

Aaron — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 17:22:24 +0000

Well, the military is doing what the federal government is commanding it to.

I find it fascinating that the President feels that he has a responsibility to fight this, despite how weak the presidency is going to look as it struggles to undo what this judge has done. The President is the Commander in Chief of the military and this is making it look as if that office is powerless. He should have just given an executive order to end DADT. He could have even tailored it to come into effect in increments so that the policy would be dismantled in the “orderly fashion” that they seem to think is so important.

By: Matt

Matt — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 16:56:21 +0000

It should be telling that the military itself is now in the process of ending DADT while the government continues to push for hanging onto it, for some unfathomable reason. I guess Obama wants more time to “study” the issue, and yet the military seems to have reached the conclusion that they don’t need to anymore.