DADT Repeal Held Off

The Don't Ask Don't Tell policy has been in a limbo of severe dissaproval and support in these last few months. Countless civilians and soldiers have been pushing for its repeal, and just as it was coming close to a decision, it looks like it may be held off for a while longer. While Obama has also been pushing to repeal DADT, he does not have the rights to and is now holding off the final decision of the judges to put his position in a more favorable view. Politico informs:

The Obama Administration filed an appeal Thursday in a bid to halt a judge’s order striking down the Pentagon’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy prohibiting gays from openly serving in the military – escalating a politically awkward fight that has the Justice Department battling to preserve a policy that President Barack Obama wants to dismantle.

Justice Department lawyers asked U.S. District Court Judge Virginia Phillips for an emergency stay of her order voiding the 17-year-old policy. The government also filed a formal appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, seeking review of Phillips’ decision which bars the Defense Department from enforcing the policy against any service member, anywhere in the world.

Judge Phillips, the original judge to pass this act, will be in power to repeal, if Obama's plans pan out. If not, the DADT will be repealed sooner or later, but sooner is preferable to the majority in this case. If the judge does not recognize this as a violatons of the first amendment, who knows what will break out?