Former Solicitor General Paul Clement has been tapped by House Republicans to defend the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) following the Obama Justice Department’s decision to abort its constitutionally required duty to defend DOMA against legal challenges. Speaker Boehner sent a letter to House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi saying that he will push for legal expenses to defend the law to come out of the Justice Department’s budget with the DOJ “no longer needing the funds it would have otherwise expended defending the constitutionality of DOMA.” MFI filed an amicus brief in one of the cases challenging DOMA.
Trump Administration May Halt Planned Parenthood Funding Over DEI Compliance
The Trump administration is reviewing grants to organizations like Planned Parenthood, potentially freezing $20 million in funding to the abortion giant, as part of an investigation into compliance with executive orders targeting DEI activism. Planned Parenthood’s president, Alexis McGill-Johnson, argued that such action would deprive women of essential health care.
