The U.S. Supreme Court announced (pdf) on Friday that it will decide the constitutionality of both the Federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which defines “marriage” as a legal union between a man and a woman, and California’s Proposition 8 (“Prop 8”), a 2008 state voter initiative banning gay marriage. While on their face these cases do not involve employment issues, their impact on employee benefits could be profound. Continue reading this entry at Littler’s DC Employment Law Update.