1 What does DOMA stand for? What are the two major provisions (or parts) of DOMA?

2 Why did Congress feel the need to pass DOMA when it did?

3 In a few sentences, summarize the background of the U.S. v. Windsor 2012 case.

4 What section of DOMA was challenged in this case? Please state the section and what the effect of that section was on same sex marriages.

5 What was the majority opinion of the Court in U.S. v. Windsor? (what was the ruling?)

6 What do you think were the strongest arguments of the majority opinion? Cite specific language from the opinion to support your answer.

7 What do you think were the strongest arguments of the dissenting opinion? Cite specific language from the opinion to support your answer.

8 Which Justices were in the majority? Which Justices were in the dissent?

9 In a few sentences, explain whether or not you agree with Harvard Professor Randall Kennedy that the Court will play a similar role in shaping public opinion regarding same sex marriage today as it did with interracial marriage in the past? (From the assigned reading: Randall Kennedy, a professor of law at Harvard University, makes the following analogy between laws that once banned interracial marriages and laws that now prohibit same-sex marriage: "The ... significance of Loving today is that it helps to buttress the case for tolerating same-sex?