The Log Cabin Republicans, the group behind the federal lawsuit that led to a judge’s order to end the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy, is back in court. The organization has filed papers asking the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals to stay a temporary injunction that allows “don’t ask, don’t tell” to continue until the government exhausts its appeal of the case. On Sept. 9, Judge Virginia Phillips of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California had ruled that “don’t ask, don’t tell” violated the First and Fifth Amendment rights of service members, and ordered it to halt. For the next eight days, the policy was suspended; at that point, the Justice Department successfully asked the 9th Circuit to grant the injunction, barring the suspension of “don’t ask, don’t tell.” The Log Cabin Republicans claim the injunction should be lifted because the federal government will likely lose its legal attempts to save “don’t ask don’t tell” anyway, and because there was no evidence that readiness and unit cohesion were undermined during the stretch when “don’t ask, don’t tell” was not enforced. The policy bars homosexuals from military service, but allows service members to keep their private lives confidential. Meanwhile, the services have issued messages advising commands not to separate members because of homosexuality.