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"'Don't ask, don't tell' suffers a blow in S.F. federal court"

"'Don't ask, don't tell' suffers a blow in S.F. federal court": Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle has a news update that begins, "A federal appeals court refused Thursday to reconsider a ruling that raised doubts about the constitutionality of the 'don't ask, don't tell' policy for gays in the military, a decision that could give President-elect Barack Obama a chance to act quickly on his promise to repeal the policy. The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco denied the Air Force's request for a rehearing of a May 21 decision reviving a suit by a female officer in Washington state who was discharged because she had a relationship with another woman."

And The Spokesman-Review of Spokane, Washington provides a news update headlined "Decision keeps 'don't ask, don't tell' challenge alive."

You can access today's order of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit denying rehearing en banc, from which six judges have noted their dissent, at this link.

My earlier coverage of the three-judge panel's ruling from May 2008 can be accessed here and here.

Full post as published by How Appealing on December 04, 2008 (boomark / email).