Here was my report on what happened at #SCOTUS that week: https://www.buzzfeed.com/chrisgeidner/is-treating-married-couples-differently-constitutional?utm_term=.okdOJqkRw9#.emNragXEDl … [
: Reuters]pic.twitter.com/psZikh48i8
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Here was my report on what happened at #SCOTUS that week: https://www.buzzfeed.com/chrisgeidner/is-treating-married-couples-differently-constitutional?utm_term=.okdOJqkRw9#.emNragXEDl … [
: Reuters]pic.twitter.com/psZikh48i8
Of course, three months later, Justice Kennedy, for a 5-4 court, said DOMA's ban was unconstitutional. https://www.buzzfeed.com/chrisgeidner/supreme-court-tips-scales-of-justice-toward-marriage-equalit?utm_term=.ac4m5gBeDw#.xcJ3rBe9P5 … / My opening:pic.twitter.com/qu8fH5zRBf
I also talked to Edie and Robbie that afternoon. Here's what they had to say: https://www.buzzfeed.com/chrisgeidner/edie-windsor-talks-about-her-victory-it-just-feels-glorious?utm_term=.ujWO5E1emW#.gq8vWQV12z …pic.twitter.com/ZafHgyETdh
Despite the time it took him to get there, the role that Obama played in moving the federal gov't on marriage shouldn't be ignored.
It wasn't until Feb. 23, 2011, that then-AG Holder announced the government would no longer defend DOMA in court.
But, by time Edie Windsor was at #SCOTUS, DOJ was these, solidly on her side. DOJ's brief: https://www.buzzfeed.com/chrisgeidner/obama-administration-urges-supreme-court-to-strike-down-doma?utm_term=.wkpJwlObpZ#.jeL6j70rgP …
And, of course, by the time @JimObergefell got to #SCOTUS — read his story here: https://www.buzzfeed.com/chrisgeidner/his-huband-died-in-2013-but-jim-obergefell-is-still-fighting … — Obama was all the way on board.
In March 2015, the Obama administration urged #SCOTUS to take marriage equality nationwide.https://www.buzzfeed.com/chrisgeidner/obama-administration-urges-nationwide-end-to-same-sex-marria?utm_term=.iqODOydq2z#.ptj8DZ2kyr …
In June 2015 (of course), that's what the court, in another Kennedy opinion, did. https://www.buzzfeed.com/chrisgeidner/supreme-court-rules-for-nationwide-marriage-equality?utm_term=.hp8wvGOQg3#.keRo8Nkp45 …
And here we are two years later with a Republican president and his Supreme Court nominee — both of whom call that ruling "settled" law.
All of that is a long way of saying, "Well, it's been quite a four years since we didn't even know if Kennedy would strike down DOMA."
I never wavered, never had one shred of doubt that we would win at SCOTUS. I read all the briefs, our argument was better.
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