Comments on: House Dems intercede on behalf of N.Y. widow against DOMA

By: House Dems to urge Supreme Court to strike down DOMA | Gay News | Washington Blade - America's Leading Gay News Source

Thu, 28 Feb 2013 05:52:59 +0000

[...] filed a brief before the U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals when the Windsor case was before that court. House Democrats also filed a brief before the First Circuit in the combined case of Gill v. Office [...]

By: Bill

Bill — Fri, 07 Sep 2012 23:31:04 +0000

Of all the DOMA challenges, this is the one SCOTUS is least likely to take. Windsor was married in Canada and it is likely but not perfectly clear that her marriage was valid in New York at the time of her partner’s death. Only a NY court can decide that, so the case really has to be bounced there before the Supremes accept it.