Last December, the Supreme Court granted certiorari on two same-sex marriage cases. Those cases include Hollingsworth v. Perry, a challenge to California’s controversial Proposition 8 measure, and a case out of New York, U.S. v Windsor, which considered the constitutionality of the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). Today, the Supreme Court is issuing opinions…
The Supreme Court released three opinions today: United States v. Windsor, Sekhar v. United States, and Hollingsworth v. Perry (each opinion downloads as a pdf). For policy geeks like me, the release of Supreme Court opinions is one of the highlights of summer. It’s incredibly satisfying to watch a case go from beginning to end…
On Friday, the Supreme Court of the United States granted certiorari on two same sex marriage cases. Those cases include Hollingsworth v. Perry, a challenge to California’s controversial Proposition 8 measure, and a case out of New York, U.S. v Windsor, which considers the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). As noted on…