Department of Justice and Pentagon officials are reviewing a federal judge's order that the military immediately stop enforcing its ban on openly gay troops.

The worldwide injunction would bring the 17-year "don't ask, don't tell" policy closer than it has ever been to being abolished.

Justice Department attorneys have 60 days to appeal the injunction but aren't saying what their next step will be.

President Barack Obama has backed a Democratic effort in Congress to repeal the law, rather than in an executive order or in court.

U.S. District Judge Virginia Phillips, who is based in Riverside, Calif., issued a landmark ruling on Sept. 9, declaring the policy unconstitutional and asked both sides to give her input about an injunction.

The judge said the policy violates due process rights, freedom of speech and the right to petition the government for redress of grievances guaranteed by the First Amendment.

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