Legal Opinion
Able v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided July 1, 1996No. Nos. 799, 1082, Dockets 95-6111, 95-6141PublishedCited by 59 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WALKER, Circuit Judge:
This appeal concerns the constitutionality of 10 U.S.C. § 654, the popularly termed “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy governing the participation of homosexuals in military service, and the accompanying directives issued by the Department of Defense (“DoD”) and the Secretary of Transportation. The genesis of this legislation lay in a much-publicized debate, both in government and society at large, over whether homosexuals should be permitted to serve in the military and -under what conditions such service should take place. Although there has been a great deal of litigation…
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