Religion & Law

Pelosi Wants Cost Estimate of DOMA Litigation
Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), the House Democratic leader, wants to know how much it's going to cost for the House's lawyers to defend the federal Defense of Marriage Act. In a letter today to House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio), Pelosi,...

DOMA: Enforcing an Unconstitutional Law
Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) is unconstitutional. I am not alone in this view, with President Obama, Judge Joseph Tauro (D. Mass.) and many others on the left and right in my camp...

DOMA Unconstitutional: Massachusetts Federal District Judge Finds Section 3 of Defense of Marriage Act Unconstitutional
In two decisions today, Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. HHS and Gill v. Office of Personnel Management, United States District Judge Joseph Tauro held section 3 of the Defense of Mariage Act (DOMA) unconstitutional...

DOMA, Immigration, and Switch in Time: A Dissenting View
Regarding Ari Waldman's valuable post, I am more troubled by this turn of events. Let me begin by saying that I share 100% Ari's priors: DOMA is unconstitutional, the Obama administration's recent position is both defensible and well-defended, and concerns of compassion and fundamental fairness make the immigration authorities' post-DOMA position hard to stomach...

TORTURE: Pelosi becomes the story Minority Leader John Boehner is asking the Obama administratio
TORTURE: Pelosi becomes the story? “Minority Leader John Boehner is asking the Obama administration to release the CIA?s notes briefing Nancy Pelosi. Whether the Obama team does so or not seems irrelevant...

Speaker Pelosi to Leader Boehner on Proposed Franking Changes
Speaker Pelosi sent the following letter to Leader Boehner in response to his letter regarding proposed franking changes allowing Members of Congress to post web videos outside of the house...

New York, NY and the NYPD
alleging false arrest for violating an unconstitutional anti-loitering law.