[EL] BREAKING NEWS: DOMA struck down, Prop 8 dismissed on standing

[Justin Levitt]

BREAKING NEWS: DOMA struck down, Prop 8 case dismissed on
standing<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=52197>
Posted on June 26, 2013 7:34 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=52197> by Justin
Levitt <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=4>

DOMA has been struck down as unconstitutional. Prop 8 case from California
dismissed on standing grounds (initiative proponents have no cognizable
injury distinct from the general population). I haven’t yet read
thoroughly, but SCOTUSblog reports that neither finds a constitutional
right to same-sex marriage.

DOMA decision is
here<http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/12pdf/12-307_g2bh.pdf>;
Prop 8 is here <http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/12pdf/12-144_8ok0.pdf>.

Both 5-4, very different majorities. DOMA is Kennedy, Ginsburg, Breyer,
Kagan, Sotomayor; Prop 8 is Roberts, Scalia, Ginsburg, Breyer, Kagan.
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