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Title

  • Main Title "Don't Ask, Don't Tell": A Legal Analysis

Creator

  • Author: Feder, Jody
    Creator Type: Personal
    Creator Info: Legislative Attorney

Publisher

  • Name: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.
    Place of Publication: Washington D.C.

Date

  • Creation: 2010-09-30

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: In recent years, several Members of Congress have expressed interest in amending "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," (DADT) a legislation that requires those of homosexual orientation in the military to keep quiet about their orientation in order to maintain "morale, good order and discipline, and unit cohesion." At least two bills that would repeal the law and replace it with a policy of nondiscrimination on the basis of sexual orientation - H.R. 1283 and S. 3065 - have been introduced in the 111th Congress. This report provides a legal analysis of the various constitutional challenges that have been brought against DADT; for a policy analysis, see CRS Report R40782, "Don't Ask, Don't Tell": Military Policy and the Law on
  • Physical Description: 14 pages.

Subject

  • Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Civil rights
  • Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Defense policy
  • Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Sex discrimination in the military
  • Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Gays
  • Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Gay rights
  • Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Homosexuality
  • Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Military personnel
  • Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Gay military personnel
  • Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Sex discrimination
  • Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Sexual orientation

Coverage

  • Place Name: United States

Collection

  • Name: Congressional Research Service Reports
    Code: CRSR

Institution

  • Name: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
    Code: UNTGD

Resource Type

  • Report

Format

  • Text

Identifier

  • CRS Report Number: R40795
  • Accession or Local Control No: R40795_2010Sep30
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metadc31343
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