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merrily

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7. That's what the Windsor case was about:

Reply to Behind the Aegis (Reply #4)

Tue Jul 8, 2014, 04:06 AM

Jul 2014

Whether the widow of a gay married couple had to pay the federal inheritance tax that would be applicable if she had inherited from a stranger, rather than from her spouse.

The Obama administration was not fighting the case, so Scalia said there was no Article III "case or controversy" that federal courts had jurisdiction to decide--Catch 22. Yet, it was an issue of federal law involving big bucks.

Every time I see his face, I get so mad.

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That's what the Windsor case was about: merrily Jul 2014 #7

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Don't military regs require equality. If not, why not? merrily Jul 2014 #6