On the high heels of House Republicans asking the Supreme Court to dip its bench into the DOMA waters, President Obama's Department of Justice has made a similar request (but with fingers crossed for a different outcome than what the GOP has in mind). Details follow. 

President Obama's Department of Justice filed a memo in support of Edie Windsor's case against the "Defense of Marriage Act" on Friday, marking the second time the Administration has officially stated its opposition to the discriminatory law.

President Obama, who signed the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Act of 2010" late last year, continues to send mixed signals and infuriate gay servicemember groups by supporting the discriminatory law. The latest confusion sent by way of the Obama Administration arrives in a request asking the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to reconsider last week's landmark anti-DADT ruling. 

President Obama is likely to appeal last week's momentous ruling by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals that reinstated an injunction barring enforcement of Don't Ask, Don't Tell, claims sources. What the hell is going on?

While we woke up with (or some of us night owls went to sleep with) good news that Judge Virginia A. Phillilps had denied the Department of Justice's request for a stay on her DADT ruling, as expected, Obama Admin. lawyers immediately appealed the turn of events to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

According to Poliglot, lawyers for the DOJ say:

We respectfully request that the Court enter an administrative stay by today October 20, 2010, pending this Court’s resolution of the government’s motion for a stay pending appeal, which would maintain the status quo that prevailed before the district court’s decision while the Court considers the government’s stay motion.

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Last night the incomparable Rachel Maddow continued her cable news stewardship of the DADT issue by interviewing two active-duty soldiers on the topic. Follow the jump for the interviews.

On a related note, some breaking DADT news: Lawyer's from Obama's DOJ are expected to file on Thursday afternoon in Riverside, CA an injunction to request a stay of Judge Virginia Phillips's ordering of the Pentagon to immediately suspend DADT enforcement. Should the request for a stay be denied, Obama's lawyers will file an emergency request with the ninth circuit U.S. Court of Appeals.