The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Section 3 of DOMA violated the Due Process Clause and was therefore unconstitutional, forcing the federal government to recognize same-gender marriages performed by the states. DOMA was the target of various lawsuits and repeal initiatives.
What was the dissenting argument in DOMA?
Chief Justice Roberts declared in a dissenting opinion that DOMA was constitutional and that the Court lacked jurisdiction to consider the matter. He argued, in particular, that the background of DOMA does not show the slight purpose to harm that the majority extrapolates from the Act's legislative history.
The plaintiff filed a petition for summary judgment on, 2011. In an amicus brief issued on July 26, 2011, Eric Schneiderman, the attorney general of New York State, claimed that DOMA infringes on the legal right to equal protection for lesbian and homosexual couples.
Thus, The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Section 3 of DOMA violated the Due Process Clause.
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