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Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
Virginia Phillips
Phillips is a US District Judge for the Central District of California, nominated by Bill Clinton. Phillips was the judge who ruled that the U.S. Department of Defense’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy was unconstitutional in 2010.
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“One of the things I say to juries . . . is I tell them this is the most important case in the world, because it’s the most important case to the parties involved.”
– Virginia Phillips
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Virginia Phillips
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Virginia Phillips
Full Oral History
Virginia Phillips
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Virginia Phillips