Posted in Uncategorized on July 10, 2012
The New York Times reports that the “next constitutional blockbuster” for the Supreme Court “is a rematch between the main lawyers in the health care case, and it replays some of the same themes,” but “the issue is same-sex marriage. The question, again, is whether a federal law — this time the Defense of Marriage Act, or DOMA — passes constitutional muster. ‘Until DOMA is repealed or invalidated,’ explained Walter Dellinger, who was acting United States solicitor general in the Clinton administration, ‘no gay couple is fully married.’
Story here.