Dan Choi Discusses Don't Ask, Don't Tell Policy With Hardball's Chris Matthews. Matthews' Does Not Get That Fundamental Human Rights Should Not Depend Upon Winning A Vote!

Dan Choi is right and Chris Mathews is wrong. Mathews does not know the law. He should.  All the Obama administration had to do was not appeal the ruling of the federal court in California which over turned the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell"policy. There is no constitutional requirement for the Supreme Court to decide any case. In fact the only way this case could reach the Supreme Court is if the government appealed the Federal District court decision to the Federal Court of Appeals and then the losing party appealed that decision to the Supreme Court. It is sad that Chris Mathews does not understand such a basic concept of American law. The Obama administration's Attorneys General, Eric holder appealed the decision as a matter of tradition, not law.  Generally the executive branch appeals federal court rulings challenging legislative acts. There was no requirement that the Obama administration do this in this case. This was a political decision, not a legal one. I believe it was an immoral, utilitarian choice by the administration.  The administration should be ashamed of its spineless action in the face of such injustice.
John H. Armwood