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Federal appeals court upholds challenge to 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' military policy

By Bernard Hibbitts (editor) and University of Pittsburgh School of Law students.

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[JURIST] The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit [official website] ruled [PDF text] Wednesday that the US military cannot dismiss a soldier on the basis of sexual orientation alone, departing from the reasoning used to defeat similar cases in the past [JURIST report]. The court's holding may signal a significant new challenge to the military's long-standing "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy [

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