Georgetown Public Policy Review
Policy Shaping Our Future
by Greg Siedschlag “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” (DADT), the Clinton administration policy designed as a compromise to Clinton’s campaign promise of letting openly gay people serve in the military, is now in its 17th year. Many have viewed the policy as a failure, contending that it has not made life for gays in the military […]
by Michael Branson Last Wednesday, October 22, President Obama signed the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act into law. The Act expands the 1969 federal hate-crimes law to include crimes motivated by the victims’ gender identity or perceived sexual orientation. In addition, the bill, which stalled in Congress two years ago […]