As I understand it, President Obama is using his authority as Executive to address administration of benefits by Regulatory Agencies. DoMA is legislation. My personal feeling is that it is patently unconstitutional, but that is not something that the current Supreme Court is likely to do. He has the same problem with DADT, which had previously been deemed constitutional.


A well reasoned argument is like a diamond: impervious to corruption and crystal clear - and infinitely rarer.

Here, as elsewhere, people are outraged at what feels like a rigged game -- an economy that won't respond, a democracy that won't listen, and a financial sector that holds all the cards. - Robert Reich