In a very interesting TAX case, five members of the Supreme Court have decided that the Defense of Marriage Act is unconstitutional. The five members who joined the opinion were: Kennedy, Ginsburg, Sotomayor, Breyer, Kagan.
The four who disagreed were: Roberts, Scalia, Thomas, Alito.
Here is a link to the opinion.
http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/12pdf/12-307_g2bh.pdf
Scalia (1936): Reagan
Kennedy (1936): Reagan
Thomas (1948): HW Bush
Ginsburg (1933): Clinton
Breyer (1938): Clinton
Roberts (1955): W Bush
Alito (1950): W Bush
Sotomayor (1954): Obama
Kagan (1960): Obama
Published on June 26, 2013 07:30