Written: 10/15/2011
So, the GOP, and Speaker Boener (is there an h in there somewhere?) specifically, have decided that they should waste money defending DOMA.
And now, they have to triple that budget, since they already ran out of money.
Sacramento Republican Rep. Dan Lungren has signed off on a change order to the contract with outside counsel Paul Clement, who is handling the defense of the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act. It allows Clement’s fees to triple to $1.5 million.
Now, in the grand scheme of things, it’s not really that much money. But still. A giant waste.
Update: Here are the ‘arguments’ they are trying to use. All of them fall apart under scrutiny. Not that there is a legal team out there that could show proper reason for DOMA, but the legal team hired seems particularly inept.
All my best,
The King of Spades
