she wrote me a letter and told me she's a senior at eastern washington university. and her dream for years has been to join the u.s. army. she wrote to me -- and i quote -- "i believe the military is an honorable calling, one of self-sacrifice and dedication, and i would be proud to call myself a soldier." but there was a problem. rebecca told me that the very sense of honor that called her to serve her country was preventing her from acting on her dream because, she told me she's a lesbian, and she's very proud of who she is. and as long as the official policy of the united states army is to ask her to bury that pride and tell her to keep secret a large part of who she is and to ask her to live what would essentially be a lie, she simply won't be able to serve our country. rebecca told me that nothing would make her happier than to be able to graduate this coming spring and start her journey standing up for our nation. she doesn't want to feel that she should be ashamed of who she is and she shouldn't have to. we need to repeal don't ask, don't tell so that young w

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washington university and counsel to judge g. thomas porteous, a judge on the district court in the eastern district of louisiana. joining me again at counsel's table are my colleagues from the law firm of brian cave, daniel schwartz, p.j.meitl and dan o'connor. sitting here listening to my esteemed opposing counsel, one is easily put in mind of another trial held almost 220 years ago almost to this very day. in a case that proved to be one of the turning points in american law, eight british soldiers were accused of murder in what americans called the boston massacre and what the english called the boston riot. columnists demanded that the soldiers be executed and everyone came to the trial expecting less of a trial as much as a hanging. adams himself saw the case differently. in fact john adams saw not just another case, but the very cause for which he was already fighting, the creation of a new nation based on due process and principles of justice. as in today's case, many of the facts were not in dispute in 1770. it was clear that the british soldiers fired into the crowd, but adams stopped the jury and chall

washington university and counsel to judge g. thomas porteous, a judge on the district court in the eastern district of louisiana. joining me again at counsel's table are my colleagues from the law firm of brian cave, daniel schwartz, p.j.meitl and dan o'connor. sitting here listening to my esteemed opposing counsel, one is easily put in mind of another trial held almost 220 years ago almost t this very day. in a case that proved to be one of the turning points in american law, eight british soldiers were accused of murder in what americans called the boston massacre and what the english called the boston riot. columnists demanded that the soldiers be executed and everyone came to the trial expecting less of a trial as much as a hanging. adams himself saw the case differently. in fact john adams saw not just another case, but the very cause for which he was already fighting, the creation of a new nation based on due process and principles of justice. as in today's case, many of the facts were not in dispute in 1770. it was clear that the british soldiers fired into the crowd, but adams stopped the jury and challe

washington university and i am counsel to the honorable j. thomas porteous jr. of the united states district court for the eastern district of louisiana. joining me in counsel's tables are my colleagues from the law firm of brian cave, daniel schwartz, p.j. meitl and daniel o'connor. as the majority leader has told you and as many of you know, the porteous impeachment has raised a number of constitutional issues that are rather unique and considerable concern among law professors and legislators alike. the three motions before you today are designed to put these issues squarely before you. we understand that members can choose not to vote on these motions and you can, in fact, reject an article or an allegation in light of these constitutional concerns. however, these issues do not turn on the facts of this case. rather, they present threshold questions for each senator in deciding whether to establish new precedent in the scope, in the meaning of impeachable offenses. the first motion before you today is a motion to exclude as a basis for the removal of a federal judge any so-called pre-federal allegations. that is conduct that allege