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  • Lambda Legal Disappointed by Decision to Vacate Ruling Finding DADT Unconstitutional

    September 29, 2011
    Jon Davidson, Legal Director at Lambda Legal, issued the following statement regarding today's decision by the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals vacating an earlier U.S. District Court ruling declaring "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" (DADT) unconstitutional.

  • Lambda Legal Says the End of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" Is at Last in Sight

    July 22, 2011
    In response to the news that the President has transmitted to Congress certification from the Secretary of Defense, the Joint Chiefs of Staff and himself that "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" may be repealed without adverse consequences to the military, Lambda Legal issued the following statement from Jon Davidson Legal Director for Lambda Legal

  • Federal Court Halts "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" Again; Lambda Legal Calls for Cautious Celebration

    July 6, 2011
    Today, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals lifted the stay on the injunction issued by the district court in the Log Cabin Republicans' challenge to "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" (DADT). The government is once again enjoined from enforcing DADT anywhere in the world. The government was enjoined once before for eight days, before a different set of Ninth Circuit judges issued the stay of the injunction in this case.

  • In Brief: The Fight Is Not Over Yet

    April 7, 2011
    The Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Act of 2010 was cause for celebration. But DADT is not dead yet. It left a trail of damage that repeal, even when fully enacted, won't necessarily address. In addition to the fact that the government has not completed all the steps necessary to make DADT history—meaning the policy is still in effect—14,000 service members were robbed of their livelihoods and those still serving face uncertainty about their status. Many who were issued "other than honorable" discharges left service with a taint on their reputations. Even those with "honorable" discharges often lost the ability to maintain privacy about their sexual orientation, because discharge paperwork continues to indicate to future employers that they are "unable to re-enlist" because of DADT.

  • LGBT & Civil Rights Groups Urge U.S. Ninth Circuit to Uphold Ruling Striking Down "Don't Ask, Don't Tell"

    April 4, 2011
    (Los Angeles, April 4, 2011) — Lambda Legal, Knights Out, OutServe, the Human Rights Campaign, and the Anti-Defamation League today filed a friend-of-the-court brief with the U.S.

  • Lambda Legal Disappointed: Ninth Circuit Puts Injunction Against Don't Ask, Don't Tell On Hold

    November 1, 2010
    In response to today's procedural ruling by a three-judge panel of the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal permitting "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" to remain temporarily in effect during an appeal, Lambda Legal issued the following statement from Staff Attorney Peter Renn:

  • Lambda Legal Urges Court: Do Not Reinstate 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'

    October 25, 2010
    Lambda Legal today filed a friend-of-the-court brief urging the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to leave in place pending appeal the injunction a federal district court judge issued against enforcement of the U.S. military's "Don't Ask Don't Tell" (DADT) ban on gays serving openly in the armed forces, saying that the policy's impact extends far beyond those in uniform and that continuing it would do irreparable harm to lesbian, gay and bisexual Americans.

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