Michelle Mumford looks at the Defense of Marriage Act (“DOMA”) and its Defense in the context of the Honorable Monroe G. McKay, Senior Judge on the United States Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals, address to a group of young lawyers at the Utah State Bar’s annual Law Day luncheon on the theme of “The Legacy […]
John Adams: From Boston to Guantanamo to DOMA
May 5, 2011 by Michelle Mumford
Filed Under: History and People, Sixth Amendment Tagged With: Boston, David McCullough, Defense of Marriage Act, DOMA, doma guantanamo boston michelle mumford, George W. Bush, Guantanamo, History, John Adams, Michelle Mumford, michelle mumford doma guantanamo boston, Monroe G. McKay, United States House of Representatives
Precedent for Presidential Refusal to Defend Statutes the Administration Believes to be Unconstitutional
March 2, 2011 by Daniel Burton
Initially I questioned the Obama Administration’s refusal to defend DOMA. On reflection, however, there may be precedent for their actions. Ilya Somin points out several precedents in both Republican and Democratic administrations that support the premise that the President may be justified in not supporting legislation he deems unconstitutional. During the Eisenhower, Kennedy and Truman […]
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