Wednesday, March 27, 2013

SCOTUS Hears Arguments About Prop 8 & DOMA



This week, the Supreme Court heard two landmark cases which may be pivotal to the future of marriage in the United States.  On Tuesday, the Supreme Court took up, Proposition 8, California's same-sex marriage ban.  The California case, Hollingsworth v. Perry, was the first of two arguments. Today, the justices heard arguments on a challenge to the Defense of Marriage Act, a 1996 law that defines marriage as between a man and a woman for the purposes of federal law, in Windsor v. U.S.


Listen to the audio of these arguments or read the transcripts.

 The audio recording and unofficial version of the transcript of the oral arguments in the Defense of Marriage Act case (United States v. Windsor) are available here.

The audio recording and unofficial version of the transcript of the oral arguments in the Proposition 8 case (Hollingsworth v. Perry) are available here

Click here to read orders, case filings, and other information pertaining to the Defense of Marriage Act and California’s Proposition 8 cases.  Click on each item to access further information.


Ernster, the Virtual Library Cat

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