987 F. Supp. 2d 132 - McLaughlin v. Hagel’s Empirical Analysis
2013
Citation profile
1
cited by 1 later decisions
September 2014
most recently cited
1 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 1 U.S.C. § 7 · 28 U.S.C. § 2412
Relies on Pierce v. Underwood · United States v. Windsor · Massachusetts v. United States Department of Health & Human Services
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“To answer this question, the court need go no further than the Windsor decision itself. As the High Court recognized, the approach taken by the President of preserving the justiciability of Section 3 of DOMA by continuing to enforce it despite a personal belief that the statute was unconstitutional, paid the appropriate respect to the primacy of the Supreme Court in matters of constitutional interpretation.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. McLaughlin v. Hagel
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