Posted Tue, September 4th, 2012 11:21 pm
Petition of the day
Posted Tue, September 4th, 2012 11:21 pm by Ben Cheng
The petition of the day is:
Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group of the United States House of Representatives v. Gill
Docket: 12-13
Issue(s): (1) Whether Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage
Act, 1 U.S.C. § 7, violates the equal protection component of the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment; and (2) whether the court below erred by inventing and applying to Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act a previously unknown standard of equal protection review.
Certiorari stage documents:
- Opinion below (1st Cir.)
- Petition for certiorari
- Amicus brief of Capital Hill Prayer Foundation et al.
- Amicus brief of Indiana et al.
- Amicus brief of Eagle Forum Education & Legal Defense Fund
- Response of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in support of certiorari
- Response of Nancy Gill et al.
- Reply of petitioner
- Reply of petitioner
Recommended Citation: Ben Cheng, Petition of the day, SCOTUSblog (Sep. 4, 2012, 11:21 PM), http://www.scotusblog.com/2012/09/petition-of-the-day-327/
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