Care of Politico, from Northwestern University law prof (and Federalist extraordinaire) Steven Calabresi:
The “don’t ask, don’t” tell ban is a form of employment discrimination, and I do not think in today’s world it serves a constructive purpose.
Great news.
To see why this is, if nothing else, a statement of note, check out Calabresi’s article that he published in the Ohio State Law Journal during my tenure as Editor in Chief: Steven G. Calabresi, “Lawrence, the Fourteenth Amendment, and the Supreme Court’s Reliance on Foreign Constitutional Law: An Originalist Reappraisal,” 65 Ohio St. L.J. 1097 (2004), issue available here.
(And, yes, I know that there’s an obvious difference between constitutional interpretation and statutory choices; I’m just saying that his past statements at least make this statement worthy of note.)
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Chris Geidner is the award-winning senior political editor at D.C.'s Metro Weekly and has written for The Atlantic Online, The American Prospect, Advocate.com, Salon and other publications, as well as at his blog, Law Dork. In 2011, he received the Excellence in News Writing Award from the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association for his coverage of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" repeal. Prior to moving to D.C. in 2009, he served as an attorney on the senior staff at the Ohio Attorney General's Office and had earlier worked for a leading Columbus law firm. An extended biography can be found