Speaker of the House John Boehner, as head of the Republican-controlled House Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group (BLAG), has directed his hand-picked lawyer, Paul D. Clement, to request that the Supreme Court overturn one of four cases Clement has lost, which found a portion of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) unconstitutional. Boehner has authorized up to $1.5 million to be spent to defend DOMA, yet has lost every case in federal court.
In theory, if the Supreme Court were to agree to take the case, it could decide before the November presidential election. A win for Boehner could be harmful for Democrats, as the President has declared DOMA unconstitutional, a loss for Boehner could backfire and destroy a strong pillar of GOP policy, the belief that only heterosexual marriage should be legal.
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