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...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...
...president asking a Court of Appeals to lift Hatter's injunction while it awaits December arguments on the constitutionality of the ban? Because Hatter's ruling jeopardizes Clinton's carefully-crafted "compromise," which cloaks its betrayal of gays and lesbians in the meaningless promise that as long as they remain in the closet no one will try to kick open the door...
...beauty of an independent judiciary is that the courts have no obligation to uphold a policy simply because it was framed by political realities. Judge Hatter has demonstrated that he will not sacrifice the constitutional guarantee of equal protection to the political needs of a president who lacks the courage and the conviction to challenge bigotry and prejudice forcefully...
...With Hatter's sanction, Clinton now has an opportunity to regain moral authority and end the unjustified exclusion of homosexuals from the military. All he has to do is one thing: nothing. He should decline to appeal Hatter's ruling, forcing the Pentagon to comply with the injunction...
...Senator Nunn draft legislation codifying the original ban if he is unhappy with Hatter's ruling. If Nunn successfully pushes such legislation through both the Senate and the House, Clinton should be true to his moral convictions, as well as the constitution, and veto it. Then let Sam Nunn try to round up enough bigots in both houses to override the veto...