Obama wins in court. Appeals court keeps DADT in operation indefinitely per administration request.

[Bluebear]

SAN FRANCISCO — A federal appeals court extended the military's ban on gays serving openly Monday by indefinitely freezing a judge's order halting enforcement of the so-called "don't ask, don't tell" law, heightening pressure on the Obama administration to persuade the U.S. Senate to repeal the law before a new Congress is sworn in.

A divided three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals granted the U.S. government's request for a stay while it challenges the trial court's ruling that the ban on openly gay service members is unconstitutional....

In an eight-page order, two judges said they were persuaded by the Department of Justice's argument that U.S. District Court Judge Virginia Phillips' worldwide injunction against the policy "will seriously disrupt ongoing and determined efforts by the Administration to devise an orderly change."


http://gay.americablog.com/2010/11/this-just-in-obama-wins-in-court.html

[tavalon]

1. That is fucked

That is all.

Great fucking timing too.

I guess that wasn't all I had to say after all.

Shit.

[Skittles]

2. quite honestly, I am not surprised

I am disgusted but not surprised

[kelly1mm]

3. Yeah Obama!!!!!????? Oh, wait a minute....... nevermind. nt

[meowomon]

4. Gee thanks Obama

I want my vote back. And yes the stickers are gone! For reals this time!

[WillParkinson]

5. Aw, come on Bluebear...

He's got our back, you know.

:sarcasm:

[Bluebear]

18. Oh yeah I forgot.

:)

[QC]

25. Bluebear never really loved him!

:cry:

[Bluebear]

35. ---

And I am inflammatory!

[readmoreoften]

6. But the Tea Party would repeal it TWICE!

And they don't even pretend to have a chess game.

[bobbolink]

19. !

:rofl:

OK, it isn't a funny situation, but I loved your satire. :hi:

[xchrom]

7. Recommend

[Karmadillo]

8. He's going to take care of this at some unspecified point in the future. You just have to trust him.

Honest. Really. If you don't trust him, the terrorists win.

[crikkett]

10. The terrorists won long ago n/t

[Starry Messenger]

9. recommend.

[terrya]

11. DADT repeal isn't going to happen.

I can see this slipping away. The Senate has to vote on it. During a lame duck session. McCain has threatened to filibuster it. And of course, the White House and the Senate Democrats will cave completely.

And a chance to do the right thing, to do something POPULAR, will be gone. Just like that.

What's striking about the wording of the DoJ's argument were the words "to devise an orderly change". I've heard Robert Gibbs, Robert Gates all use the word "change" in talking about DADT repeal. "Change" is not, according to MY dictionary, the same as repeal. There was never any real interest in outright repeal. Not from this administration, not from the Pentagon.

Sorry to be so depressing in your thread, Bluebear. But I can't find the optimism in this.

[Hell Hath No Fury]

38. Refusing to appeal was the last, best hope --

we had -- it was a gift from the courts and O should have taken it with open arms, but playing midtermn politics was more important. :( He deserves everything that is coming his way for such cowardice.

[progressoid]

12. We won!!1!

Hoooray for our team!!!

Oh...wait...

Shit.

:grr:

[ladjf]

13. Another Obama Dufus move. nt

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[VMI Dem]

15. Add that to the list of accomplishments.

[Brickbat]

16. Well, once we have the House, Senate and White House...uh, AGAIN...THEN they can start doing the

work we elected them to do! It just couldn't possibly get done the first time around. But if we hold on now, and then again in 2012, and then really put the icing on the cake in 2014, THEN just wait and see how we're going like gangbusters!

Or something.

[lumberjack_jeff]

17. And the hits just keep coming. n/t

[deaniac21]

26. You're a lumberjack and you're ok!

[Ignis]

20. Another great victory for this administration!

Do you think this accomplishment will make its way onto the Big List?

[walldude]

21. *Sigh* I was hoping to wait a day after voting

before I got totally disillusioned again. K&R

[UndertheOcean]

22. ok , Obama : That was a dick move ... why ?

[uppityperson]

23. Aside from the shittiness of this, how is this Obama's fault?

Your OP links to this link http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5g7QWx09G88HmPEHsoj6CE6wYUORg?docId=5002114

Yes, it is crappy and needs to be repealed now as it is totally illogical, and against civil rights (imo). I don't get the "blame Obama" bit though as I thought he was trying to do this legislatively via new law vs through courts via old law. I thought it was standard for things to be challenged, to be stayed.

Yes, it is crappy and needs to be repealed. Are you saying Obama let or requested the request for the stay?

[deaniac21]

27. He was busy closing Gitmo.

[uppityperson]

29. General grudge but no direct answer. That's too bad. I'd really like to know

and yes, there is a whole lot of stuff I am unhappy with this administration about. Best things so far are getting someone on the SCOTUS and doing the thing about PELL grants.

[Bluebear]

34. It's his DOJ, yes?

[QC]

24. HOPETASTIC!! n/t

[Kurovski]

30. Changerific!!

:(

[GreenPartyVoter]

28. I'm so sorry. :^(

[depakid]

31. Three cheers for Obama's"Justice" Department

Should be interesting to watch them enforce all of those Republican congressional subpoenas.

[Bluebear]

39. +

[BlueIris]

32. Suck.tastic.

Which doesn't really cover how awful this is, but I'm out of expletives.

[D23MIURG23]

33. If only he was this serious about war crimes... n/t

[Bluebear]

36. You said it. nt

[Hell Hath No Fury]

37. A fucking men.

:applause: