UPDATED - BREAKING: Official Misconduct Charge Filed Against Renegade Clerk Kim Davis...
Source: JoeMyGod
BREAKING: Official Misconduct Charge Filed Against Renegade Clerk Kim Davis By Rowan County Government
Late this afternoon the Rowan County, Kentucky government filed an official misconduct charge against anti-gay clerk Kim Davis. Lexingtons CBS affiliate reports:
The Rowan County Attorneys Office said on Friday that it has referred to the Attorney Generals Office a charge of official misconduct against Davis. A release from the county attorneys office says, Kentucky Bar Association rules of the Supreme Court of Kentucky prohibit the Rowan County Attorneys Office from prosecuting Davis because they are involved in current litigation with Davis. Typically, the Attorney Generals office refers conflict cases to a prosecutor from another county, the release says. The release also says Rowan County Government and the Rowan County Attorneys Office cannot take any other action against Kim Davis. Kentucky state government is the only entity that can move to have Kim Davis removed as Rowan County Clerk, the release says. A spokeswoman for the Attorney Generals office told WKYT they are looking into the matter. The referral of charges comes after Davis refused to issue a marriage license to a same-sex couple Thursday morning.
More from the Morehead News:
KRS 522.020 and KRS 522.030 deal with official misconduct in the first and second degree, respectively. A public servant is guilty of official misconduct in the first degree when, with intent to obtain or confer a benefit or to injure another person or to deprive another person of a benefit, knowingly commits an act relating to his office which constitutes an unauthorized exercise of his official functions or refrains from performing a duty imposed upon him by law or clearly inherent in the nature of his office or violates any statute or lawfully adopted rule or regulation relating to his office, according to KRS 522.020. Official misconduct in the first degree is a Class A misdemeanor and is punishable with imprisonment not to exceed 12 months and fines of $500. Official misconduct in the second degree is a Class B misdemeanor and carries a potential punishment of up to 90 days imprisonment and fines of $250. The charge must be tried in court before a designation of first or second degree is placed upon it.
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Read more: http://www.joemygod.com/2015/08/28/breaking-official-misconduct-charge-filed-against-renegade-clerk-kim-davis-by-rowan-county-government/
UPDATE:
KENTUCKY: Court DENIES Stay Extension Demand By County Clerk Kim Davis, SCOTUS Stay Demand Remains Pending
Kim Davis is having a VERY bad day.
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http://www.joemygod.com/2015/08/28/kentucky-federal-court-denies-stay-extension-demand-by-county-clerk-kim-davis-scotus-stay-demand-remains-pending/
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Overseas
(12,121 posts)irisblue
(33,023 posts)looks like the county of Rowan is cutting her adrift.....(BTW ...jerk!)
Chasstev365
(5,191 posts)riversedge
(70,299 posts)msanthrope
(37,549 posts)Solly Mack
(90,785 posts)central scrutinizer
(11,661 posts)She'll be a millionaire in a week. Hatred pays.
rurallib
(62,448 posts)Jester Messiah
(4,711 posts)No more hatefunding allowed.
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christx30
(6,241 posts)to brass tacks with this. Glad to hear it. The good guys are actually going to put pressure against the hate.
Do your job according to the law, or see the inside of a jail cell, and have a criminal record.
allan01
(1,950 posts)wondered when the hammer would fall.
LiberalElite
(14,691 posts)I used to bang it out on the piano as a child. What was it, four notes repeated once? Daaa da da Dum Daaa da da Duuuuum then (I guess at the end of the program) the disembodied hand holding a chisel chopping out some Roman numerals.
MurrayDelph
(5,301 posts)Of course, 6.5 years in a youth band sponsored by LAPD might have something to do with that.
packman
(16,296 posts)jail her or fire her. Let her take her religious beliefs to the nearest church .
tabasco
(22,974 posts)and throw her ass in jail.
Geronimoe
(1,539 posts)Freedom to practice one's religion, requires everyone not to force them on others.
brer cat
(24,605 posts)progree
(10,918 posts)Last edited Sat Aug 29, 2015, 12:05 AM - Edit history (1)
turbinetree
(24,720 posts)"Official misconduct in the first degree is a Class A misdemeanor and is punishable with imprisonment not to exceed 12 months and fines of $500. Official misconduct in the second degree is a Class B misdemeanor and carries a potential punishment of up to 90 days imprisonment and fines of $250. The charge must be tried in court before a designation of first or second degree is placed upon it."
Since, she didn't get it the first two times which states that she is not above the "RULE of LAW" , she is now, in my opinion should resign, because the statue is pretty clear.
What's really classic, is the two human beings that filed charges against her, the county will probably have to defend themselves from a discrimination lawsuit since she was in there employ, if ----they decide to do so------------
She made her bed now she has to deal with consequences--------and it's probably going to cost the taxpayers ------------thousands, which is really tragic, when that money could have been used to feed children or help the homeless.
She never saw that ------------------never, in my opinion,
Historic NY
(37,453 posts)LiberalElite
(14,691 posts)fingrin
(120 posts)Religion was invented by a Dyslexic Satanist. Dog = God.
The main Toon walked on water, and rose from the dead.
SATANISM I TELL YA ALL!
davidpdx
(22,000 posts)as much as I'd like to see the whole thing end. These kind of people are slimy.
The article says the charges have to be referred to another county because of a conflict of interest. I wonder what the possibility is that she gets a judge that is sympathetic to her stance. It certainly is possible. The charges are far from a slam dunk.
ncjustice80
(948 posts)Do your JOB or don't run for office!
beac
(9,992 posts)if she fails to start issuing licenses on Monday (or Tuesday, if the expiration is end-of-day Monday.)
dembotoz
(16,832 posts)test case
soon to be nutjob media darling
bet she is already booked on lots of talk show.
rally around her and get out their vote
they are very good at this
COLGATE4
(14,732 posts)She's dying to become the latest Xian Martyr de jour. Look for her to appear all over Fux and then be picked up on the Fundy circuit by charlatans like Ted Cruz. Her ship has come in.
[font color="navy" face="Verdana"]That's exactly what this is.
Gothmog
(145,554 posts)sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)gopiscrap
(23,765 posts)out of office asap.
Initech
(100,102 posts)Marrah_G
(28,581 posts)Thespian2
(2,741 posts)her moments of fame...unfortunately, her moments prove that she is a very nasty person who has a hate-filled heart...
RoccoR5955
(12,471 posts)I hope that she doesn't apply for that "socialist" program called "Unemployment benefits."
She probably will not qualify for them any way.