Word: hatters
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President Clinton obviously doesn't recognize a friend when he sees one. Judge Terry Hatter Jr. has given Clinton a shot at political redemption, but if the president is grateful, he has a strange way of showing...
Last month, Hatter, a Los Angeles Federal District Court judge, ruled that the military ban on homosexual service is unconstitutional, giving the president a clear opportunity to fulfill (finally) his campaign pledge to end the ban. Instead of gratitude, though, Hatter got a promise that the Clinton administration will appeal his decision...
...Granted, Hatter's ruling complicated things just when Clinton thought he could put the contentious issue behind him. The last thing Clinton needs now that he's finally getting his presidency on track is another messy battle over a "marginal" issue that will distract him and the nation from his crusade for health care reform. On the other hand, if he were to win such a battle, Clinton might finally assert some authority over a renegade Democratic Congress, which has demonstrated little respect for the Democratic president it awaited for so long. Besides, the decision to contest a ruling that...
...Judge Hatter twice has deemed the military's exclusion of gays and lesbians unconstitutional, a position that should win the enthusiastic approval of a president who said as much when he was a candidate. Hatter enforced his rulings on September 30 (the day before Clinton's laughable "compromise" was to take effect) by issuing an injunction ordering the military to cease punishing service members or recruits because of their sexual orientation...
...response to the ruling by Judge Terry J. Hatter of Federal District Court in Los Angeles, the military services have stopped all discharges or other sanctions against gay service members. The case is under appeal...