The Supreme Court on Monday declined an opportunity to overturn its landmark precedent recognizing a constitutional right to same-sex marriage, tossing aside an appeal that had roiled LGBTQ advocates who feared the conservative court might be ready to revisit the decade-old decision.
Instead, the court denied an appeal from Kim Davis, the former Kentucky county clerk who now faces hundreds of thousands of dollars in damages and legal fees for refusing to issue marriage licenses after the court’s decision in Obergefell v. Hodges allowed same-sex couples to marry.
The court did not explain its reasoning to deny the appeal, which had received outsized attention – in part because the court’s 6-3 conservative majority three years ago overturned Roe v. Wade and the constitutional right to abortion that 1973 decision established. Since then, fears about Obergefell being the precedent to fall have grown.
Good. Fuck off, Kim Davis.
Can’t believe this person is still in the news.
Given all the rest of the terrible shit going on, I can. In fact the big surprise is that they declined. Wonder how that might go with the Texas case
So happy for her to be in the news saying she still owe’s $360K! "She was sued by multiple couples in the county, and a jury ordered her to pay $360,000 in damages and legal fees. " smh
Well, it’s not 360,000. Post judgment interest has accrued during the civil case’s appeals process, so it’s a good bit more than $360,000.
Aww, you say the nicest things!
Nice? Yes. True? More so. In the criminal cases, an appeal is a matter of right. In civil cases, you have to put funds in escrow, which neither side can touch until after the appeal so as to satisfy the judgment if you lose the appeal.
Take everything from her, and leave her penniless, homeless, and naked. She worked hard to earn that fate.
I wish it was worse. I feel like she is probably still profiting from her bigotry.
It probably will require her to pay up regarding attorney fees too right? I guess I’m not sure how it works in this case.
Nah, this was bankrolled by some Sociopathic Oligarch. Just another bad investment he can write off his taxes.
I just feel like she’s being supported financially by the bigots.
draining them of money here means less to donate to campaigns and hate-peddling “charities”
Yeah, absolutely.
True, it is nice to be reminded of that piece of shit’s financial ruin. We just have to hope that any donations she got went to legal fees.
She is like a cicada you forget about them then after five years or so they show up and make a shit load of noise and annoy the hell out of everybody.