Ending "don't ask, don't tell" policy will make the military stronger
Aubrey Sarvis : "The opposition by more than 100 retired flag officers to the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" (DADT) law is another indication of growing nationwide support to replace DADT with a nondiscrimination law that...
Retired top military officers call for repeal of 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' policy
Over 100 retired admirals and generals of the United States military called Monday for a repeal of the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy regarding homosexuals in the armed forces. The controversial policy requires the dismissal...
Federal court dismisses challenge to 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' US military policy
The US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit Monday dismissed a challenge to the US military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy which provides for the discharge of openly gay service...
US military sexual orientation dismissal ruling [9th Circuit]
Witt v. Department of the Air Force, US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, May 21, 2008 [holding that the US military cannot dismiss a service member based on their sexual orientation alone, signaling a significant challenge to the...
Federal appeals court upholds challenge to 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' military policy
The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled Wednesday that the US military cannot dismiss a soldier on the basis of sexual orientation alone, departing from the reasoning used to defeat similar cases...
JURIST Special Guest Columnist Shayana Kadidal, senior managing attorney of the Guantanamo project at the Center for Constitutional Rights, says that the recently-released 2003 DOJ memo on military interrogations written by then deputy assistant attorney general John Yoo was no...
Bush urges congressional action on military commissions, surveillance bills
At a press conference in the Rose Garden Friday, President Bush urged members of Congress to approve his proposed legislation authorizing the use of military commissions for...
JURIST Special Guest Columnist Shayana Kadidal, one of the lead attorneys on the Center for Constitutional Rights' challenge to the NSA domestic surveillance program, says that Senator Arlen Specter's "compromise" bill to bring such challenges within the jurisdiction of the...
Thomas Cook et al. v. Donald H. Rumsfeld et al., United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, Judge George A. O'Toole Jr., April 24, 2006 [dismissing a suit filed in 2004 by twelve members of the US armed...
Judge dismisses challenge to military 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' policy
A federal judge in Boston Monday dismissed a suit filed in 2004 by twelve members of the US armed forces represented by the Servicemembers Legal Defense Network (SLDN) challenging the militarys Dont ask,...
