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Obama reaffirms will end 'don't ask, don't tell' - Yahoo! News
President Barack Obama pledged to end the ban on homosexuals serving openly in the military in a speech Saturday, but acknowledged to a cheering crowd that the policy changes he promised on the campaign trail are not coming as quickly as they expected.
DADT was a horrible policy from the start. Clinton should have ended the ban on gays in the military rather than agreeing to this compromise.
Thank You President Obama for standing on your principles.
DADT rewarded lying and deceit and punished honesty. It doesn't take much of a brain to understand that there is obviously something wrong with that.
What? Congress can change the UCMJ whenever it likes.
All fine and dandy but who is going to go and tell the Military that they are going to have to change the UCMJ. Oh wait they can't because it's a US Code which can't be changed unless The United States Supreme court rule's it and the USSC has never overturned any UCMJ.
Scorp...does the US military(all branches) conduct themself under the authority of the Commander in Cheif of the United States?
Are you suggesting that the UCMJ is written in stone and cannot be changed even if ordered too do so by the Commander in Cheif?
Yes not even the President can order the UCMJ change the only way they(UCMJ) can be changed is by the United States Supreme Court. This is why we have the Don't ask Don't Tell.
I'm not sure where you're getting this, but this is just incorrect. Congress instituted DADT and Congress can repeal DADT any time it wants.
The courts have absolutely minimal control over anything the military does.
Good news...unfortunately it's up to Congress, not the President.
I can only hope this ancient policy goes away.
No the only the Supreme Court can change actual parts of the UCMJ, the DADT was a compermise that the USSC let the Military and Congress come up with.
Look up section 925 Art. 125 of the UCMJ, this is why DADT came to be
No it can't the UCMJ is controlled by the Courts not Congress
What are you talking about?
The UCMJ is Title 10, Chapter 47 of the United States Code.
It's statutory law, passed by Congress and signed by the President.
Question: Who created the UCMJ?
Yes and No the actual Laws can only be over turned by USSC not Congress or the President.
The Dept.of Def and the United States Supreme Court, neither Congress nor the President had any say in what was put into the UCMJ
Actually, as Commander in Chief of the armed forces, all Obama has to do to end DADT is to issue an executive order ending it.
The Dept.of Def and the United States Supreme Court, neither Congress nor the President had any say in what was put into the UCMJ
No. Dude, no. This is wrong. Let it go.
The Dept.of Def and the United States Supreme Court, neither Congress nor the President had any say in what was put into the UCMJ
The Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ, 64 Stat. 109, 10 U.S.C. Chapter 47), is the foundation of military law in the United States.
Uniform Code of Military Justice - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The United States Statutes at Large, commonly referred to as the Statutes at Large and abbreviated Stat., is the official source for the laws and concurrent resolutions passed by United States Congress.
United States Statutes at Large - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
No he can't because doing so then any open Gay Person in the Military will be subject to Section 925 Art. 125 this is why DADT came into being.
And the DOD is part of what branch of government?
None it's controlled by all three as are Founding Father want it to.
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