<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[The Dish]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[http://dish.andrewsullivan.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[Andrew Sullivan]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://dish.andrewsullivan.com/author/sullydish/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[What Is Obama Required To&nbsp;Defend?]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>Tom Garrett <a href="http://theaxisofego.com/2011/02/24/obama-doma-and-myopia/" target="_self">worries</a> about the consequences of the Obama decision not to defend Section 3 of DOMA in the courts. Ilya Somin <a href="http://volokh.com/2011/02/23/do-presidents-have-a-duty-to-defend-the-constitutionality-of-laws-they-believe-to-be-unconstitutional/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+volokh%2Fmainfeed+%28The+Volokh+Conspiracy%29&amp;utm_content=Google+Reader" target="_self">believes</a> the president&#39;s &quot;duty to uphold the Constitution supersedes his obligation to enforce federal statutes when the two come into conflict&quot;:</p>]]></html></oembed>