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Showing Original Post only (View all)"What law has Kim Davis broken?" [View all]
I've been seeing that question quite a bit on Twitter from idiots.
If your favorite idiot has asked that question, the answer is:
42 U.S.C. §1983
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/42/1983
If they want to know specifically how she broke that law, the manner in which she did so is described in detail here:
http://www.aclu-ky.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Rowan-complaint.pdf
There, they can also find the law on which jurisdiction by the court is premised, the law she has violated, and the law under which the court can order her to stop violating it or hold her in contempt.
It is a desperately stupid question.
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If she prevents me from marrying my one true love, or whoever, and my and my love's
randys1
Sep 2015
#1
I think 1985 would be better, since the Christofascist law firm is pulling Davis' strings
jmowreader
Sep 2015
#6
Just contempt of court. The judge ordered her to do something. She did not do it. Contempt.
LiberalArkie
Sep 2015
#22
tell them if a judge orders them to pay Child Support....and they fail to do so...
VanillaRhapsody
Sep 2015
#29
I agree, because section 1983 is not a criminal statute and doesn't carry jail time.
Jim Lane
Sep 2015
#19
It gives you a scary look into their collective mindset. It is like when Ted Cruz loves the SCOTUS
Rex
Sep 2015
#21
They don't understand it because it is not in the second part of a sentence in the second Amendment
world wide wally
Sep 2015
#25
Not to mention cuckolding one husband by making him think the other husbands children are his...
VanillaRhapsody
Sep 2015
#31