Eric Holder: “DOMA was one of those. We thought there was not a reasonable basis to…”

On the recordMarch 5, 2013

DOMA was one of those. We thought there was not a reasonable basis to defend the statute applying that heightened scrutiny standard.

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Democratic · District of Columbia

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Holder explains why DOMA was not defended legally.

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