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Constitutional Law

Sep. 17, 2011

Deep-six DOMA: A distraction in troubled times

Defenders of the Defense of Marriage Act should find more meaningful constitutional activities to occupy their time. By Bruce J. Einhorn of Pepperdine University School of Law


By Bruce J. Einhorn


We live in very troubled times. Terrorism remains a real threat to the West. In the developing world, famine may take the lives of hundreds of thousands in the Horn of Africa. In our own country, the economy continues to be in recession and unemployment continues to be a virulent virus. Our federal government's plate is full, on the foreign and domestic fronts.


With all these problems, how does the planet's most powerful nati...

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