Category Federal Rights

DOMA

June 28, 2013 · by · in Andover MA, appeals, Cambridge MA, DOMA, Equal Rights, Essex County, Family Law, Family Law Attorney, Federal Rights, LGBT, Middlesex County, Salem MA, SCOTUS, Worcester MA · Leave a comment

THE UNITED STATES: STILL THE LEADER OF THE FREE WORLD What a truly momentous decision that was issued by the United States Supreme Court on June 26, 2013. DOMA, known as the Defense of Marriage Act, was held to be unconstitutional. This law enacted by Congress in 1996 that limited marriage to one man and […]

DOMA no more!

June 27, 2013 · by · in appeals, DOMA, Equal Rights, Federal Rights, Probate, SCOTUS, Uncategorized, United States Supreme Court · Leave a comment

While we catch our breath from this whirlwind week of SCOTUS decisions, I thought I would take a moment to share the direct link to the text of the Windsor decision. This landmark 5-4 decision holds that “DOMA is unconstitutional as a deprivation of the equal liberty of persons that is protected by the Fifth […]

DO ALL MARRIED COUPLES HAVE EQUAL RIGHTS?

January 25, 2013 · by · in DOMA, Equal Rights, Family Law, Federal Rights, Fourteenth Amendment, LGBT, litigation, United States Supreme Court · Leave a comment

The Constitution of the United States of America guarantees its citizens equal protection Fourteenth Amendment The Fourteenth Amendment has been frequently used in landmark decisions granting citizens of this country in different states those federally guaranteed rights in criminal prosecutions such as right to counsel, right to a jury trial, and right to confront witnesses. […]