"It is our view that the Legislature did not intend to authorize same-sex marriage," the opinion said.
Several panelists portrayed the court's theory as dubious, citing comments by lawmakers who said they did not intend to authorize such bulk collection in the Patriot Act.
Although the D.R.L. does not explicitly prohibit same-sex marriages, it is our view that the Legislature did not intend to authorize same-sex marriage.
"While the text of D.R.L. does not expressly bar marriage of same-sex couples, the inclusion in the D.R.L. of gender-specific terms to describe parties to a marriage, as well as historical context of its enactment, indicates that the Legislature did not intend to authorize same-sex marriage," the opinion says.
She warns that "new nationalist theories inadvertently contain perverse incentives to do the exact opposite of what theorists intend to authorize".
MH's intern poses a different question, however, with a different answer: Yes, I could tell my mom that Congress did not intend to authorize subsidies for Americans in every state.
The difference is that even though every member who voted for the PPACA wanted Exchange subsidies in every state, they did not intend to authorize subsidies in every state.
In a 17-page opinion that carefully analyzes the applicable statutes and decisional law, the New York Solicitor General advises that while New York statutory law does not expressly require that two people be of the opposite sex to obtain a marriage license, it is her view that "the Legislature did not intend to authorize same-sex marriage".
"We cannot conclude that the Legislature intended to authorize separate punishment for each false statement made during a single interview," the judges said in their ruling.
For that reason, I believe we have a special obligation to make sure that Congress intended to authorize a novel assertion of federal criminal jurisdiction.
The groups say NWP was never intended to authorize massive pipeline infrastructure projects and that that kind of permitting authority should no longer exist.
