Chief Justice Roberts: Traditional Definition Of Marital Relations

Chief Justice Roberts. He believed that the Supreme Court lacked the jurisdiction to review the decisions of the lower court. He stated that “the Court does not have before it, and the logic of its opinion does not decide, the distinct question whether the States, in the exercise of their historic and essential authority to define the marital relation, may continue to utilize the traditional definition of marriage.” Moreover, he disagreed with the majority’s analysis and he also believed that Congress acted constitutionally in passing the Defense of Marriage Act.