Supreme Court rejects challenge to "Don't ask. Don't tell."

[aristotle]

On Monday, the United States Supreme Court refused to hear an appeal on the military's policy of "don't ask. don't tell." One might conclude the SCOTUS doesn't want to meddle in military matters. Or, they quietly decided best to leave the principle of military readiness and fitness to serve in the hands of people who know the issue: the military.

 

[OntarioVanMan]

On Monday, the United States Supreme Court refused to hear an appeal on the military's policy of "don't ask. don't tell." One might conclude the SCOTUS doesn't want to meddle in military matters. Or, they quietly decided best to leave the principle of military readiness and fitness to serve in the hands of people who know the issue: the military.

Good decision...

 

[Turtle]

This would have opened the door for rank and file soldiers to use the courts to question everything from policy to orders, and would have flushed the entire concept of "chain of command" down the toilet.