Eric Holder actually said...

the duty of the Justice Department is to defend statutes that have been passed by Congress, unless there is some very compelling reason not to.

Holder states the Justice Department's obligation to uphold Congressional statutes.

01/14/2009

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It is not off the cuff. It is not off the cuff.

The Government has no intention to carry out any drone strikes in the United States.

The use of lethal force--and I am saying drones, guns, or whatever else--would not be appropriate in that circumstance.

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