DOMA Appeal: Obama Administration Asks Supreme Court For Quick Review Of Marriage Case
Associated Press
11 months 2 weeks ago
The Obama administration is asking the Supreme Court to settle the legal fight over a law that denies federal benefits to married gay couples.
The Justice Department on Tuesday asked the court to hear an appeal in its next term of lower court rulings striking down a portion of the so-called "Defense of Marriage Act." The earliest the justices might decide to hear the case is in late September. Arguments probably would take place over the winter and a decision returned by late June 2013.