For federal purposes, civil unions are not marriages. |
It will take some time to figure out what the dynamics of the court are. It will take them awhile to get to know each other. |
It's an unprecedented situation. ... This is the first time I'm aware of a person being one sex in one state and another sex in another state. |
There are an awful lot of relationships in contemporary America that are unfamiliar to traditional American law. American law is either going to recognize and accommodate them, or to ... rearrange assets in what is basically a random fashion. |