![It happens every once in awhile at the federal level when the solicitor general, on behalf of the U.S., will confess error or decline to defend a law. I don't know what is going through the [Obama] administration's thought process on 'don't ask, don't tell.' It would be appropriate for them to say 'the law has been deemed unconstitutional, we are not going to seek further review of that.'](/assets/img/quote-photos/it-happens-every-once-in-awhile-at-the-federal-level-when-the-solicitor-general.jpg)
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