In our brief, we contended that DOMA was unconstitutional because (a) Congress had no enumerated power to regulate or “defend” marriage by imposing its definition on the states, and (b) DOMA was not ...

We should grant certiorari and reaffirm that our Federal Government is one of limited and enumerated powers, not the world’s lawgiver." power to regulate commerce among the States." "Whatever the ...

The best way to ensure against that is to define an outer limit on congressional authority ... Ms. Fuentes went back to Congress’s underlying enumerated powers and argued that congressional power to ...