More Change We Can't Believe In...
Jun. 8th, 2009 02:11 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
redneckgaijinAt Obama's request, Supreme Court refuses to hear case challenging Don't Ask Don't Tell.
Several officers have come forward since Obama took office to challenge DADT; they have all been dishonorably discharged, with the firm and clear approval of the White House.
The only way that this can be seen in a positive light is this: Obama has taken several steps during his administration in an attempt to get Congress to take responsibility and power. This might be a similar step- not touching a law Congress passed, in the expectation that Congress will undo what it has done.
Myself, I'm not buying. That would make sense if Obama had at least taken a stand supporting such a new law. He hasn't. Indeed, on gay rights issues he is either silent or (in the case of gay marriage) mildly antagonistic.
For my part, this is evidence of Obama having no use for homosexuals except when he needs their vote- no better, in other words, than the Clintons.
Several officers have come forward since Obama took office to challenge DADT; they have all been dishonorably discharged, with the firm and clear approval of the White House.
The only way that this can be seen in a positive light is this: Obama has taken several steps during his administration in an attempt to get Congress to take responsibility and power. This might be a similar step- not touching a law Congress passed, in the expectation that Congress will undo what it has done.
Myself, I'm not buying. That would make sense if Obama had at least taken a stand supporting such a new law. He hasn't. Indeed, on gay rights issues he is either silent or (in the case of gay marriage) mildly antagonistic.
For my part, this is evidence of Obama having no use for homosexuals except when he needs their vote- no better, in other words, than the Clintons.
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This is not a good thing...
Date: 2009-06-08 11:25 pm (UTC)And since when does the Supreme Court do as the president asks?
Meh... I think there is more to this than is currently in the public eye; at least I hope there is, since the Supreme Court is one of the Checks of Presidential authority according to the Constitution.
Not that they have any real enforcement capacity; it's a sort of GentlePerson's agreement that the Supreme Court says- and the rest of the Government does...and that has had some glaring faliures in US history.
I hope that more will surface about this, namely that there are other things affecting this decision we don't yet know about.
Having a President who can DICTATE to the Supreme Court scares me quite a bit.
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Date: 2009-06-09 02:42 am (UTC)I know his power is limited, and it hasn't been too long, but he isn't even paying lip service to things.
Unfortunately I think the alternatives were even worse, still.
More interested in Howard Dean's efforts toward healthcare reform at this point.