DOMA '80% Likely' To Be Struck Down By Supreme Court: Report
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Thea Spyer & Edith Windsor[/caption]
Today's DOMA hearing, United States v. Windsor, started off much like yesterday's case, Hollingsworth v. Perry, with some justices wondering if the case even had standing before the Supreme Court (Beacuse Obama has already said he will not defend the law). After that however, things seemed to go the way many gays, and Americans, had hoped it would.
According to SCOTUSBlog (We know, we know, it's a Blog, but it's a Blog that just won a Peabody);
Final update: #scotus 80% likely to strike down #doma. J Kennedy suggests it violates states’ rights; 4 other Justices see as gay rights.
— SCOTUSblog (@SCOTUSblog) March 27, 2013
So liberal justices Breyer, Ginsburg, Sotomayor and Kagan are clearly onboard, and Kennedy seems to be leaning more towards striking down DOMA. Good news!
We will have more later today when the transcript from the hearing is released.
UPDATE:
You can read the transcript here.
