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Full Separation Pay for Veterans Discharged Under 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' [comment]
January 30, 2013 by Theresa Donovan
JURIST Guest Columnist Joshua Block of the ACLU discusses the importance of the ACLU's recent victory, which will provide full separation pay to certain veterans who were discharged under the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy...The government finally agreed this month to pay full separation pay to.... [more]
Veterans discharged under DADT to receive full separation pay
January 8, 2013 by Julie Deisher
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) on Tuesday announced a settlement with the federal government to provide full separation payment to service members discharged under the controversial Don't Ask, Don't Tell (DADT) policy. The complaint, filed by the ACLU and the ACLU of New Mexico in 2010....... [more]
House voted to repeal Don't Ask, Don't Tell [this day at law]
December 15, 2012 by Arjun Mishra
On December 15, 2010, the US House of Representatives voted 250-175 to repeal the military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" (DADT) policy, which effectively barred openly gay men and lesbian women from serving in the military. The policy originated during the Clinton administration, and 13,000 members of.... [more]
Senate failed to force vote on repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell [this day at law]
December 9, 2012 by Sarah Steers
On December 9, 2010, the US Senate fell three votes short of the 60 votes needed for a cloture motion for a defense spending bill, which included a provision for the repeal of the military's Don't Ask, Don't Tell (DADT) policy regarding gays in the military. This failure to adopt a motion for.... [more]
Obama reaffirmed support for DOMA repeal [this day at law]
October 1, 2012 by Garrett Eisenhour
On October 1, 2011, US President Barack Obama gave a speech reaffirming his intent to fight for the repeal of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). Among measures discussed that his administration had undertaken for equal rights, President Obama cited the recent repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell (.... [more]
Ninth Circuit ordered Obama administration to say if it would defend 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' [this day at law]
July 11, 2012 by Katherine Bacher
On July 11, 2011, the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ordered the Obama administration to announce whether it would defend the Don't Ask, Don't Tell (DADT) policy that prohibited gays and lesbians from serving in the military. The order followed a Ninth Circuit order upholding an.... [more]
Federal appeals court ordered immediate end to enforcement of 'Don't Ask Don't Tell' [this day at law]
July 6, 2012 by Cody Harding
On July 6, 2011, the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ordered an immediate end to enforcement of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," (DADT) by lifting a stay in Log Cabin Republicans v. US. DADT prevented gays and lesbians from serving openly in the armed forces. The Ninth Circuit denied a US.... [more]
US Joint Chiefs chair urged DADT repeal delay pending review [this day at law]
May 30, 2012 by Katherine Bacher
On May 30, 2010, Admiral Mike Mullen, chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, urged the US Congress to delay passing a legislative amendment to repeal the military's controversial Don't Ask, Don't Tell (DADT) policy which forbid homosexuals from serving openly in the US military. Mullen stated.... [more]
Retired US general claimed gays weakened Dutch military before US Senate [this day at law]
March 19, 2012 by Garrett Eisenhour
On March 19, 2010, retired US Marine Corps General John Sheehan testified before the US Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) that he believed that the severity of the 1995 Srebrenica massacre during the Bosnian civil war was caused partially by the Dutch military's decision to allow openly gay.... [more]
Obama administration sought delay of DADT review [this day at law]
February 25, 2012 by Meagan McElroy
On February 25, 2011, the Obama administration requested in a brief that the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit delay its review of an order striking down the military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" (DADT) policy. The administration sought the delay after President Barack Obama signed a.... [more]
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