Civil Rights
Sep. 13, 2010
Reinstating Gay Ban Won't Be Easy
Experts say the U.S. government is likely to meet a hostile 9th Circuit if it decides to appeal last week's ruling by a Riverside judge overturning "Don't Ask Don't Tell."
By Jason W. Armstrong
Daily Journal Staff Writer
RIVERSIDE - The U.S. government could be in for an uphill battle if it tries to persuade the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to overturn a federal judge's historic decision last week declaring "don't ask, don't tell" unconstitutional.
U.S. District Court Judge Virginia Phillips, in the nation's most sweeping ruling against the military's ban on ga...
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