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Immigrant Files Class-Action Lawsuit Against DOMA
The Defense of Marriage Act has once again been challenged in court after an immigrant from the Philippines filed a class action lawsuit July 12...
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DOJ Denies Any “Policy” on DOMA-Impacted Cases at Immigration Appeals Board
In response to Metro Weekly‘s exclusive June 19 report on a series of decisions from the Department of Justice’s Board of Immigration Appeals that sent...
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BREAKING: House GOP Leaders Ask Supreme Court to Review DOMA Case
The Republican-led House Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group today mailed its petition to the U.S. Supreme Court asking it to review the May 31 ruling of the...
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BREAKING: House GOP Leaders Will Ask Supreme Court By the End of June to Take DOMA Appeal
Lawyers for the House Republican leadership today told a federal court that the House Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group plans to ask the Supreme Court to...
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EXCLUSIVE: DOJ Immigration Board Decisions Suggest Plans For a Post-DOMA America
Recent decisions from the Obama administration suggest that the government is taking tentative first steps to gear up for the day when an American with...
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The DOMA Lawsuits: What Is Happening?
The Defense of Marriage Act has taken several hits in recent weeks. The federal definition of “marriage” and “spouse” has been found to be unconstitutional...
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Former AGs Meese, Ashcroft Call Obama Move on DOMA “Extreme” in Appeals Court Filing
This past week, the appeal of Karen Golinski’s case seeking equal health insurance coverage for her wife began with the filing by the Republican-led House...
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Warren Supports DOMA Repeal Bill, Wasn’t Endorsing Federal Marriage Equality Bill, Spokesperson Says
While Massachusetts Democratic Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren says she supports the Respect for Marriage Act, which would repeal the Defense of Marriage Act, comments related to...
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Another Federal Judge Finds DOMA Marriage Definition Unconstitutional, Now in Widow’s Case
Echoing several other recent court opinions, U.S. District Court Judge Barbara Jones today ruled that the Defense of Marriage Act’s federal definition of marriage is...
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News Analysis: The DOMA Decision Is A Narrow One — Which Could Be Key at the Supreme Court
The opinion from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit on May 31 striking down Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act in...
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BREAKING: DOMA’s Federal Definition of Marriage Unconstitutional, Federal Appeals Court Rules
Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act — the federal definition of “marriage” and “spouse” — is unconstitutional, a federal appeals court in Boston...
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Federal Judge Rules DOMA, Tax Code Force Unconstitutional Treatment For Same-Sex Couples
On Thursday evening, a federal judge in California held that the Defense of Marriage Act and a provision of tax law unconstitutionally limit same-sex couples...
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EXCLUSIVE: Rep. Huelskamp Plans to Offer Amendment Barring DOJ From Opposing DOMA
In a conference call town hall held tonight with constituents, Rep. Tim Huelskamp (R-Kansas), in response to a question about interstate marriage rights for same-sex...
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BLAG Seeks Intervention to Defend DOMA in SLDN Lawsuit Seeking Equal Spousal Benefits
The House Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group today sought to intervene, as expected, in the challenge to the Defense of Marriage Act and related laws brought...
