Supreme Court won't take up ex-Kentucky clerk Kim Davis' case

[Jose Garcia]

Source: WCAX-TV

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is leaving in place a decision that allowed a lawsuit to move forward against a Kentucky clerk who was jailed in 2015 after refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples.

The high court said Monday it would not take the case involving Kim Davis, the former clerk of Rowan County, and two same-sex couples who had sued her. Soon after the 2015 Supreme Court decision in which same-sex couples won the right to marry nationwide, Davis, a Christian who has a religious objection to same-sex marriage, stopped issuing all marriage licenses.

That led to lawsuits against her, and a judge ordered Davis to issue the licenses. She spent five days in jail after refusing.

Davis had argued that a legal doctrine called qualified immunity protected her from being sued for damages by couples David Ermold and David Moore as well as James Yates and Will Smith. Their case will now move forward.

Read more: https://www.wcax.com/2020/10/05/supreme-court-wont-take-up-ex-kentucky-clerk-kim-davis-case/

[Bayard]

1. Justice served

[ihas2stinkyfeet]

2. good precedent. qualified immunity is a pox.

[Yeehah]

3. I hope they take every penny from the hateful witch

I've come to despise these self-righteous phony Christians.

[bucolic_frolic]

4. No, they only have time for priority cases from Donald Trump

Little people, even those we disagree with, deserve equal access to the courts as the high and mighty

[maxsolomon]

11. she had plenty of access to the courts.

every case doesn't go to SCOTUS.

[aggiesal]

5. Kim Davis relationship diagram ...

A real Christian!

[LittleGirl]

12. Wow! nt

[CaptYossarian]

19. Nice diagram.

Is this a "tackle-eligible" play--since Kimmie is blocking the tight end?

[barbtries]

6. the best decisions this court makes anymore

are the decisions they take not to hear a case. good news

does this have anything to do with that other headline i just saw about Alito and Thomas writing a paper against same sex marriage?

[sl8]

7. Yes, that was their response to the Court denying cert. n/t

[barbtries]

10. thank you.

the post i saw has apparently dropped, but i suspected as much. otherwise it would be very strange for supreme court justices to write an editorial.

[not_the_one]

18. Maybe Alito and Thomas should take up the next cause celebre that would really fire up

the turd's core support group (racists, bigots and christians)....

Iterracial Marriage.

Oh. Wait......

[barbtries]

20. right?

that would be fun eh

[Griefbird]

23. Their logic is reversable.

Alito's and Thomas' complaint that Christianity is harmed by the "homosexual agenda" isn't nearly as valid as the fact that same sex relationships are harmed by the Fundamentalist Christian agenda.

[barbtries]

24. exactly.

also, this is not a christian country and we don't live in a theocracy. rights are for everyone. if you don't like same sex marriage, don't marry someone of your own sex.

[mwooldri]

25. That is what I was thinking too.

What if I have a firmly held religious belief that heterosexual marriage was a sin and refused to issue marriage licenses to heterosexual couples? Fortunately I don't have such belief... But you're right, I believe their logic is reversible.

[Mike Nelson]

8. Yay!

... this woman has no business handing out marriage licenses ... she should have been fired instantly.

[keithbvadu2]

9. The sanctity of Holy matrimony for conservative Christians - Kim Davis

The sanctity of Holy matrimony for conservative Christians - Kim Davis

[Lucky Luciano]

15. I still think she looks like Dick Cheney in drag.

[tonekat]

26. She's got a forehead like a '48 Packard!

She hit every branch when she fell out of the Ugly Tree.

[Le Roi de Pot]

13. No respite for Mrs. Potato Head

[JohnnyRingo]

14. Wonder who's paying her legal fees?

Whoever it is, they aren't getting much for their investment. At least not if she loses the lawsuits.

[rkleinberger]

16. However, one should pay attention to the descent by Thomas and Alito!

The descent by these throwbacks should have everyone seriously concerned. They have projected that they believe that Obergefell should be overturned. They will have control of SCOTUS. If Dems take control of the White House and Senate, they better immediately pass legislation that cannot be reviewed by the SCOTUS to protect marriage equality. The Equality Act needs to passed and then expand the SCOTUS and limit their terms!

[11 Bravo]

17. Good. Fuck her. She had a job and refused to do it.

[Judi Lynn]

21. Clearly, she had friends in high places.

Kim Davis with a husband, Joe Davis, and the majestic Ted Cruz.



Kim and another of her guardian angels, Gov. Mike Huckabee, father of Trump's beloved Sarah Huckabee Sanders.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

22. Anyone who thinks marriage equality is safe, or that Barrett won't further erode it ...

Dan Savage Retweeted

Anyone who thinks marriage equality is safe, or that Barrett won't further erode it and be joined by others on the court, here you go.

Link to tweet

https://www.supremecourt.gov/orders/courtorders/100520zor_3204.pdf

Scroll down to page 55:

{snip}

Davis may have been one of the first victims of this Court’s cavalier treatment of religion in its Obergefell decision, but she will not be the last. Due to Obergefell, those with sincerely held religious beliefs concerning marriage will find it increasingly difficult to participate in society without running afoul of Obergefell and its effect on other antidiscrimination laws. It would be one thing if recognition for same-sex marriage had been debated and adopted through the democratic process, with the people deciding not to provide statutory protections for religious liberty under state law But it is quite another when the Court forces that choice upon society through its creation of atextual constitutional rights and its ungenerous interpretation of the Free Exercise Clause, leaving those with religious objections in the lurch.

{snip}

The Supreme Court’s right-wing revolution has quietly begun

Opinion by Paul Waldman