The issue focused on Justice Antonin Scalia's constitutional jurisprudence and specifically his dissent in United States v. Windsor. Justice Scalia held that the federal government must recognize same-sex marriages legally performed in states where they are legal. Justice Scalia believed that federal courts should defer to state courts that legalized same-sex marriages and allow federal courts to ignore federal laws that contradict state laws. Justice Scalia believed that federal courts should ignore federal laws that contradict state laws and laws that contradict federal laws. Justice Scalia believed that federal