1st Presidential Executive Order. Repeal DOMA.

[Rockholm]

After that, get rid of DADT. Then, I will be a happy fag and sit back & shut up.

[WeDidIt]

1. DOMA was an act of Congress

IT would take another act of Congress to repeal it.

Same with DADT.

Obama cannot repeal via executive order.

[cali]

2. Can the President repeal DOMA with the stroke of a pen?

I believe that he can do that with DADT, don't know about DOMA, but don't think he can just get rid of it via executive order.

[WeDidIt]

6. DADT is federal law

Only the Congress can repeal with the president signing the repealing act afterwards.

It's covered under Pub.L. 103-160 (10 U.S.C. § 654).

[CreekDog]

12. read responses below

[WeDidIt]

13. DADT started as policy, but was codified into LAW

Pub.L. 103-160 (10 U.S.C. § 654)

Sorry, but DADT has to be repealed by Congress. There is currently an act before Congress that would do this, however, Obama has indicated an unwillingness to move forward with it until 2010.

[WeDidIt]

15. Title 10 of the United States code specificallly bans homosexuals from serving

it is a law.

So long as the law exists, Congress must repeal.

[Pab Sungenis]

3. He can't do that.

It would take a bill in Congress to repeal DOMA.

He COULD get rid of DADT, though. But he won't.

[alwysdrunk]

5. He will. But it won't be the first executive order

Obama has stated what his priorities are in terms of policy.

[WeDidIt]

7. Congress codified DADT into law

Pub.L. 103-160 (10 U.S.C. § 654)

[cali]

9. he will repeal DADT. And there's a simple reason why

there's huge popular support for doing so.

[democrattotheend]

4. Can he do that by executive order?

I thought DOMA was legislation passed by Congress and signed into law by the president. So doesn't it take another law passed by Congress to repeal it?

[WeDidIt]

10. Nope, he can't

IT'll take an act of Congress to repeal both.

[CreekDog]

8. An Executive Order won't repeal DOMA

Congress would have to do it or the courts would have to rule it unconstitutional.

[Rockholm]

11. Well, that's a shame.

[Freddie Stubbs]

14. Executive orders cannot repeal laws

Congress must repeal the law and the President can sign or vote that repeal.

[crappyjazz]

16. Even if he could, I don't believe he would

Hey, I'm a poet and I wasn't aware of the situation