Log Cabin Republicans v. United States

AMENDED & FINAL MEMORANDUM OPINION

[Filed concurrently with Findings of Fact & Conclusions of Law]

VIRGINIA A. PHILLIPS, District Judge.

Plaintiff Log Cabin Republicans attacks the constitutionality of the statute known as the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” Act (“the Act” or “the Policy”), found at 10 U.S.C. § 654, and its implementing regulations. 1 Plaintiffs challenge is two-fold: it contends the Act violates its members’ rights to substantive due process guaranteed by the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution, and its members’ rights of freedom of speech, association, and to petition…