The US Supreme Court has often and rightly been described as the most powerful court in the world. This is because its rulings have such breadth that they can reshape US society and politics. The court’s June 2013 rulings provided further reminders of this. Two related rulings extended gay rights.
United States v Windsor struck down part of the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). Under its provisions, the federal government was barred from providing benefits (such as tax concessions) to those same-sex couples who had been able to marry in the limited number of states or countries that came to permit it.
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