Supreme Court: DOMA is unconstitutional
Continue reading the Original Blog PostThe Supreme Court ruled today that the court had jurisdiction to hear the United States vs Windsor case, in which Edith Windsor and Thea Spyer, were married in Ontario, Canada in 2007.
When Spyer died in 2009, she left her entire estate to Windsor. Windsor sought to claim the federal estate tax exemption for surviving spouses, but was barred from doing so by §3 of the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which...