Frogblog • History will hold to account every member of congress who refused to end this blatant injustice.

History will hold to account every member of congress who refused to end this blatant injustice.

“If the military’s unjust policy is not repealed in the lame-duck session, there is another way out. The Obama administration can choose not to appeal Judge Phillips’s ruling that the policy is unconstitutional, and simply stop ejecting soldiers.

But that would simply enable lawmakers who want to shirk their responsibility. History will hold to account every member of Congress who refused to end this blatant injustice.”

As much as I dislike DADT, I’m not keen on setting the precedent where the Executive branch starts choosing which laws it will or won’t enforce. It’s not hard to imagine a future GWB deciding that his White House won’t enforce clean water laws, or that it will no longer prevent oil companies from setting up drilling rigs in protected areas.

Let’s hope Congress does the right thing. An unencumbered executive scares the willies out of me.

Source: The New York Times