Case 2:04-cv-08425-VAP-E Document 172 Filed 06/09/10 Page 1 of 19 1 TONY WEST Assistant Attorney General 2 ANDRÉ BIROTTE, Jr. United States Attorney 3 JOSEPH H. HUNT VINCENT M. GARVEY 4 PAUL G. FREEBORNE W. SCOTT SIMPSON 5 JOSHUA E. GARDNER RYAN B. PARKER 6 U.S. Department of Justice Civil Division 7 Federal Programs Branch P.O. Box 883 8 Washington, D.C. 20044 Telephone: (202) 353-0543 9 Facsimile: (202) 616-8460 E-mail:
[email protected] 10 Attorneys for Defendants United States 11 of America and Secretary of Defense 12 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 13 EASTERN DIVISION 14 LOG CABIN REPUBLICANS, ) No. CV04-8425 VAP (Ex) ) 15 Plaintiff, ) DEFENDANTS’ SUPPLEMENTAL ) BRIEF ON STANDARD OF 16 v. ) REVIEW ) 17 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND ) ROBERT M. GATES, Secretary of ) 18 Defense, ) ) 19 Defendants. ) ) 20 ) ) 21 ) ) 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE CIVIL DIVISION, FEDERAL PROGRAMS BRANCH DEFENDANTS' SUPPLEMENTAL BRIEF P.O. BOX 883, BEN FRANKLIN STATION ON STANDARD OF REVIEW WASHINGTON, D.C. 20044 (202) 353-0543 Case 2:04-cv-08425-VAP-E Document 172 Filed 06/09/10 Page 2 of 19 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS page 2 3 INTRODUCTION. 1 4 ARGUMENT .. 3 5 I. The Court Should Defer Adjudicating the Constitutional Challenge to DADT Based upon Recent Legislative Events. .3 6 II. The Court Already Has Correctly Ruled That the Witt 7 Standard Does Not Apply.. 6 8 III. Assuming Heightened Scrutiny Were Applied, the Standard in Beller Controls and Requires Judgment in Favor of 9 Defendants.