Servicemembers File Complaint Challenging Constitutionality of DOMA

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From Constitutional Law Prof Blog:

DOMA – – – the Defense of Marriage Act – – – already suffering from legislative efforts at repeal and seriously questionable constitutional status, including the Obama DOJ’s decision not to defend its constitutionality, has been challenged again.

In a Complaint filed [yesterday], the Servicemembers Legal Defense Network representing several plaintiffs, challenged the constitutionality of DOMA in conjunction with several other statutes that govern benefits for military servicemembers. The Complaint was filed in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, the same district in which Judge Tauro found DOMA unconstitutional in companion cases in July 2010.

(h/t: Ruthann Robson)

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