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After DOMA: More Federal Ethics Laws Apply to Same-Sex Spouses
The Supreme Court struck down DOMA’s definition of marriage as unconstitutional today in a 5 to 4 decision written by Justice Kennedy. With all the talk of the expansion of benefits for same-sex couples, it has gone largely unnoticed that…
Asset Searches and Same-Sex Marriages: A Whole New World After DOMA
Today’s Supreme Court ruling on DOMA means that same-sex couples now have nearly all the rights and burdens of straight couples in the eyes of the law both when they get married and when they get divorced. One of those burdens is that it…
