In the companion case, Massachusetts v HHS, the Plaintiff was the State of Massachusetts, who alleged, convincingly, that the DOMA definition of "spouse" was forcing the State to illegally discriminate against its own citizens. Today's … [Read more...]
On A Pair Of Victories, Part One, Or, “I DOMA Think Congress Can Define Spouse Anymore”
This will be too much analysis for one story; we'll be, instead, discussing the ruling in Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today; the second opinion, which decides Gill v OPM (OPM is the US … [Read more...]