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Eric Holder: “DOMA was one of those. We thought there was not a reasonable basis to defend the statute applying that heightened…”

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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Eric Holder
Democratic · District of Columbia

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Holder explains why DOMA was not defended legally.

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