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...brief in the case last month, said a lower court acted properly in upholding the gay ban. "Applying the strong deference traditionally afforded to the Legislative and Executive Branches in the area of military affairs, the court of appeals properly upheld the statute," argued Elena Kagan, who as Solicitor General represents the Administration before the Supreme Court. The bar on gays serving openly is "rationally related to the government's legitimate interest in military discipline and cohesion," her 12-page filing added...
...serve openly. The President, they say, could instruct the Secretary of Defense, who has the sole power to carry out the law, to make investigations a rarity, so that "Don't ask, don't tell" simply does not function. Indeed, Obama could tell the Pentagon that, as a general matter, it is not in the best interest of the armed forces to expel a service member solely for saying he or she is gay or bisexual. (Watch TIME's video "Gay Marriage in the Heartland...
...suburbs, put him in the lead in some new statewide polls and spurred a last-minute surge in fundraising. Of the trio, Deeds also holds the distinction of having run against Bob McDonnell, who last week won the GOP primary in Virginia, in 2005 for attorney general; after being outspent 2 to 1, he lost by only 323 votes. "Virginia is still more purple than blue, and Mr. Deeds' moderate platform [Deeds is pro-gun and pro-business in the mold of Kaine and former Governor Mark Warner] would have the broadest appeal," the Post said in its endorsement, reminding...
...government have responded to the global financial crisis. Despite all that, ruling conservatives came within four points of Sarkozy's commanding 31.1% score during the first round of French presidential polling in 2007. "The penalty vote was penalized by French voters," quipped UMP secretary-general Xavier Bertrand...
...European elections are the first big test of public opinion before September's general election in Germany, and Chancellor Angela Merkel's Conservatives emerged as the clear winners. The ruling Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and its sister party in the state of Bavaria, the Christian Social Union (CSU), won about 38% of the vote. With Germany in the middle of a deep recession, the result seems to be the voters' way of telling Merkel that they trust her leadership and her handling of the economic crisis...