If the Supreme Court finds that the provision in DoMA that bars federal recognition of same-sex marriages is unconstitutional, will that ruling benefit couples only in the 12 states plus DC that allow gay marriage? Or will federal agencies treat couples as married if their marriage was legal where celebrated? This is a huge question, [...]
The Harvard Law School website has an interview with Professor Larry Tribe with his predictions about what the Supreme Court is most likely to do in the two pending gay marriage cases: [M]y hunch – and it is only that – is that the Court will narrowly conclude that the DOMA [Defense of Marriage [...]
“Do you think they will punt on this one too?” That was the first thing I heard this morning in the Supreme Court pressroom. And though one can never be sure of anything after an oral argument, it looks to me like there will be no jurisdictional punt on the DOMA case. Unlike the Prop [...]
Tomorrow morning starting at 10, the Justices return for day 2 of their gay marriage marathon. In United States v. Windsor, they will decide whether the federal government must recognize the marriage, valid under New York law, of Edie Windsor (above, R) and the late Thea Spyer (L). (Photo taken early in their 44-year relationship.) [...]
Tomorrow night (details here), I’m going to be on a panel with Gary Gates, Chad Griffin and Patrick Guerrero sponsored by the Williams Institute, discussing the impact of the election on lgbt rights. At the federal level, I see four clusters of issues as the most important questions likely to arise while Obama remains [...]
It was happy happy gay gay at the White House Friday afternoon with the East Room packed for the annual June LGBT reception. Also yesterday, the Washington Blade published this round-up of potentially at-risk (if the President loses the November election) administrative law changes that the Obama Administration has made in the last three years, [...]