Skip to main content
  • Online media
  • Iran
  • Epstein
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • YouTube
  • RSS
  • Take Action
  • Search
  • Donate

Media Matters for America

  • News & Analysis
  • Research & Studies
  • Audio & Video
  • Archives

Media Matters for America

  • Nav
  • Search
  • News & Analysis
  • Research & Studies
  • Audio & Video
  • Archives
  • Online media
  • Iran
  • Epstein
  • Take Action
  • Search
  • Donate
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • YouTube
  • RSS

“A Form of Dictatorship”: Conservative Media Lie About Obama's Refusal To Defend DOMA

Written by Evan Whitbeck

Published 02/25/11 5:10 PM EST

The right-wing media is up in arms over the Obama administration's decision to cease it's defense of the Defense of Marriage Act, claiming the move is “a form of dictatorship” and is illegal. In fact, presidents from Jefferson to George W. Bush have opted against defending statutes they viewed as unconstitutional.

The Latest

  1. Project 2025 contributor: Kamala Harris “resembles in attitude the slave owners of the old South” for supporting access to abortion

    Article 08/05/24 2:01 PM EDT

  2. Charlie Kirk: “Kamala Harris wants to see the elimination of the United States of America”

    Video & Audio 08/05/24 12:51 PM EDT

  3. Donald Trump is set to be interviewed by streamer Adin Ross, who has hosted white nationalists and neo-Nazis

    Narrative/Timeline 08/05/24 10:09 AM EDT

  4. Daily Wire host: Kamala Harris “has the womanish traits of being a cackling, irrational, and venomous serpent”

    Video & Audio 08/05/24 9:19 AM EDT

  5. On MSNBC, Angelo Carusone discusses Project 2025: “Project 2025 is alive. It's just this one part of it. They're saying, you know, job done.”

    Narrative/Timeline 08/03/24 11:45 PM EDT

Pagination

  • Previous page ‹‹
  • …
  • Current page 733
  • …
  • Next page ››

In This Article

  • Barack Obama

    Barack-Obama-MMFA-Tag.png

Related

  1. Benny Johnson says “little birdies” tell him Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, John Brennan, and James Clapper are facing “real legal trouble” and it will be “heating up quite quickly”

    Video & Audio 10/17/25 11:03 AM EDT

  2. Fox & Friends co-host on Barack Obama calling Zohran Mamdani: “Is Obama going back to his Bill Ayers ways of thinking?”

    Video & Audio 08/15/25 9:31 AM EDT

  3. Newsmax host: “I want to see Barack Obama dragged out of his Martha's Vineyard mansion in handcuffs”

    Video & Audio 08/01/25 9:29 AM EDT

Media Matters for America

Sign Up for Email Updates
  • About
  • Contact
  • Corrections
  • Submissions
  • Jobs
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms & Conditions
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • YouTube
  • RSS

© 2026 Media Matters for America

RSS