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Post by erictheblue on Jul 21, 2010 22:44:31 GMT -5
I wonder if the decision not to appeal was political, since is SCOTUS had overturned DOMA anti-gay-marriage campaigners would be afar more vocal about it, and would attack the presidency and the democratic party over the makeup of the court.There are mid-terms this year, and if the case was appealed, the decision might come at an inopportune moment, possibly causing a small swing against the Dems. I don't know if that would be an issue in any marginal districts, but it might make a difference to the senate vote. It probably was political, but for the opposite reason. Obama's Justice Department had to defend DOMA, even though Pres. Obama has said he opposes DOMA. It's possible the President / Attorney General made the decision not to appeal because they didn't think it was worth it.
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Post by Phys on Jul 22, 2010 0:59:35 GMT -5
good point I suppose if they had appealed in the hope that it would be overturned nationally, they would be crucified by whichever side lost, since if they won they would be accused of breaking promises and so on, and if thy lost, they would be accused of deliberately cocking it up and losing the case, and that might even get used by a future administration to try to overturn the precedent.
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