Reply #75: I conceded your point on Jim Crow, you are absolutely right, they were state laws

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I was wrong on that.

But I asked you a simple question, were there no military lawyers that were a part of the report? I don't care about the staff, I'm asking if there were military lawyers that were a part of that report.

If there were and they said it would be legal for Obama to sign a EO, or even if there weren't, this issue would be in the court system for years before it would be resolved. In the mean time Dont Ask Dont Tell would not be enforced. Before it would be resolved I bet the supreme court would struck down the law long before.

You made the point Obama wouldn't do this because he shouldn't be like Bush. Obama is like Bush in many ways, too late for that. Whether it comes to warrentless wiretapping, rendition, military tribunals, or many other issues. If he doesn't care about the law (as is clearly the case) he might as well issue an EO banning DADT and let the courts deal with it. Afterall, that is the right thing to do.