Judge debates government during closing arguments on “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”

The National Law Journal: “The military’s ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ policy fails to set forth a government interest that warrants intruding on the constitutionally protected rights of openly homosexual members to serve, the Log Cabin Republicans argued as the trial in the organization’s challenge to the policy wound down on Friday. … Assistant U.S. Attorney Paul Freeborne, defending the policy for the government, replied: ‘Log Cabin has endeavored to spend the last few weeks presenting the court with a policy debate — a debate it lost in 1993 before Congress. Congress exhaustively considered the same matters that plaintiffs rest their experts’ opinions on.’” | Related: At closing arguments, Log Cabin Republicans ask for halt to “don’t ask, don’t tell”