Politics
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Monday in DADT: The Case Against the Stay
Today, attorneys for Log Cabin Republicans filed the organization’s opposition to the government’s request for a stay of U.S. District Court Judge Virginia Phillips’s injunction...
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Oral Arguments Set for Dec. 6 in Prop 8 Case
This afternoon, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit announced that the oral arguments in the Perry v. Schwarzenegger case will be held...
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BREAKING: Ninth Circuit Stays DADT Injunction
A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has issued a temporary stay of U.S. District Judge Virginia Phillips’s Oct....
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LCR Attorneys: “No Reason To Alter” DADT Injunction With Temporary Stay
Attorneys for the Log Cabin Republicans filed their opposition this afternoon to the Department of Justice’s request that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the...
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DOJ Appeals DADT Stay Request to the Ninth Circuit
The Department of Justice has asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit for an emergency stay of U.S. District Court Judge Virginia...
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Government Request Denied, DADT Injunction Remains in Place
After 5 p.m. Pacific Time today, U.S. District Court Judge Virginia Phillips denied the Department of Justice’s request for a stay pending the government’s appeal...
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Ninth Circuit Sets Schedule For LCR v. US Appeal
In an order entered by the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday, the court set the schedule for the appeal of the Log...
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Plaintiffs Oppose Appeal, Overturning of Prop 8 Case
The Perry v. Schwarzenegger plaintiffs filed their opposition papers in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Monday evening. The plaintiffs, led...
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Pentagon to Recruiters: Accept Applicants “Who Admit They Are Openly Gay or Lesbian”
In a sign of the wide-reaching impact of U.S. District Court Judge Virginia Phillips’s injunction halting enforcment of the military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy,...
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Stay Unlikely From Trial Judge in DADT Case
From The Advocate‘s Andrew Harmon, who was at today’s hearing: U.S. district judge Virginia A. Phillips issued a tentative ruling Monday rejecting the government’s request...
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Nearly 128 Hours Later …
At 2:30 p.m. PT Monday, U.S. District Court Judge Virginia Phillips will hold a hearing to determine whether the government is correct that the “Don’t...
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LCR Attorneys Respond to DOJ Stay Request in DADT Case
This afternoon in California, attorneys representing Log Cabin Republicans filed a brief in opposition to the U.S. government’s request for a stay of U.S. District...
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Undersecretary of Defense Stanley Issues DADT Case Memo
Undersecretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness Clifford Stanley issued a memorandum today, obtained by Metro Weekly, to the secretaries of the service branches detailing...
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Servicemembers United, Comparing Apples and Oranges
Today, Servicemembers United put out a news release to several hundred people, alerting LGBT and other progressive bloggers and other media to the fact that...
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News Analysis: Dellinger on DADT, Justice and a “Bold Step”
Former Acting Solicitor General and Duke Law professor Walter Dellinger, who served in the latter part of the Clinton administration, was on The Rachel Maddow...
