Saturday, March 5, 2011

DOMA Questions Coming to a Head in White's Courtroom - Violation of Equal Protection Clause?

From "The Recorder" ...

SAN FRANCISCO — U.S. District Judge Jeffrey White should immediately order the federal government to stop interfering with a Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals employee's effort to get health benefits for her same-sex partner since the Justice Department now acknowledges its actions violate the Equal Protection Clause, the employee's lawyer argued in a filing today.


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