DOMA Unconstitutional Say 5 of 9 Justices

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



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Published on June 26, 2013 07:30
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