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‘Edie, Edie,’ chants a jubilant crowd as Windsor emerges from Supreme Court
Wednesday, March 27, 2013WASHINGTON -- Edith Windsor emerged from the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday to loud cheers from marriage equality supporters gathered outside the high court, on this second day of back-to-back same-sex marriage cases. -
Day 2 at the high court: Justices to hear challenge to Defense of Marriage Act
Wednesday, March 27, 2013WASHINGTON — In the second of back-to-back gay marriage cases, the Supreme Court is turning to a constitutional challenge to the law that prevents legally married gay Americans from collecting federal benefits generally available to straight… -
Edith Windsor calls on U.S. Supreme Court to strike down DOMA
Tuesday, February 26, 2013Edith Windsor, the New York widow who was forced to pay $363,000 in estate taxes in 2009 upon the death of her spouse, Thea Spyer, made her case to the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday, filing… -
Amicus brief: U.S. Supreme Court does not have authority to rule on DOMA
Thursday, January 24, 2013The U.S. Supreme Court does not have the authority to rule on the constitutionality of the federal Defense of Marriage Act, argued a Harvard professor in a brief filed Thursday with the high court. -
Joy trumps jurisprudence in gay marriage case
Thursday, December 13, 2012One of two cases that the Supreme Court has decided to hear in the coming year will challenge the Defense of Marriage Act. Although this is ostensibly a legal case, it is really about competing narratives… -
Second Circuit case on DOMA may be high court’s strongest contender for deciding law’s fate
Wednesday, November 28, 2012While marriage equality supporters have been giving thanks for the recent ballot box victories and the Second Circuit’s Windsor v. U.S. decision, the most recent Defense of Marriage strike-down by a federal court in mid-October, the… -
Federal appeals court: DOMA discriminates against married, same-sex couples
Thursday, October 18, 2012NEW YORK -- A federal appeals court on Thursday ruled that the federal “Defense of Marriage Act” (DOMA) unconstitutionally discriminates against married same-sex couples. -
Edith Windsor vs. the United States: Edie 4, U.S. 0
Saturday, June 9, 2012It seemed an intimate a moment as Edie drifted off to her memories. It was so sweet and it touched the depth of me. I was listening to a woman who fell in love at first… -
New York joins Massachusetts in challenging constitutionality of DOMA
Tuesday, July 26, 2011After legalizing same-sex marriages last month, New York State now has joined Massachusetts in challenging the federal governments Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). -
Same-sex couples file two new suits challenging ‘Defense of Marriage Act’
Wednesday, November 10, 2010Two new lawsuits were filed Tuesday in federal courts in Connecticut and New York on behalf of gay and lesbian couples in four states, challenging the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) that denies federal benefits…
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