Court won't hold 'Don't ask, don't tell' lawsuit

[Playinghardball]

SAN FRANCISCO — A federal appeals court has denied the government's request to suspend a lawsuit challenging the military's ban on openly gay servicemembers.

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco issued an order Friday requiring the Department of Justice to file papers by Feb. 25 arguing why the court should overturn a Southern California trial judge who declared the "don't ask, don't tell" policy unconstitutional.

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