9th Circuit refuses to delay DADT case

SCOTUS Blog: The Ninth Circuit Court has turned down the Obama Administration’s request to put on hold the case testing the constitutionality of the “don’t ask/don’t tell” law restricting the right of gays to serve in the military. In a one-page order, issued Friday, however, the Circuit Court added another month to the time before the briefing schedule is to begin. That was the Administration’s alternative plea.