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?Study: Obama doesn?t need Congress to halt gay discharges?

By ADF Alliance Alert

Palm Center Study: Obama Can Halt Gay Discharges with Executive Order A study released today by a team of military law experts shows that the president has the legal authority to end gay discharges with a single order. The idea of ending the ban by executive order has gained momentum in the wake of news that mission-critical personnel, including Arabic language speaker Dan Choi, continue to be fired under the Obama administration because they?re gay. Congressman Rush Holt endorsed an executive order to end the ban on Saturday and National Security Adviser James Jones was asked about it by George Stephanopoulos on Sunday morning. The report, ?How to End ?Don?t Ask, Don?t Tell?: A Roadmap of Political, Legal, Regulatory, and Organizational Steps to Equal Treatment,? is sponsored by the Palm Center at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Navy Times: Obama still aims to repeal policy on gays

Full post as published by Constitutionally Correct on May 12, 2009 (boomark / email).