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In reply to the discussion: Stuff That (Increasingly Desperately Disillusioned) Obama Supporters Say [View all]jeff47
(26,549 posts)The SCOTUS ruling happened after Congress put forward their plan to end the law. So SCOTUS decided the suit was moot, since the law in question was being dismantled anyway. But that ruling allowed DADT to remain in force for many more months. Depending on how pedantic one wanted to be, they ruled DADT could remain in force.
"Thus it is inaccurate to say "Republicans ended DADT""
It is also inaccurate to say "Democrats ended DADT". They had their thumb up their asses on that subject until the LCR made them look bad.
And I'm not giving the credit to the Republican party. You are putting words into my mouth.
This is a case where the not-religiously-insane parts of both parties managed to get something done. It just so happens that that portion of the Republican party is quite small. But this is not a clean "D" win.