Supreme Court Declines to Revisit Same-Sex Marriage Ruling in Kim Davis Case
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The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear former Kentucky clerk Kim Davis's appeal, leaving the 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges decision intact.
The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal from Kim Davis, the former Kentucky county clerk who refused to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples following the 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges decision. This denial leaves the landmark ruling, which legalized same-sex marriage nationwide, intact.
Davis had sought to overturn a lower court's order requiring her to pay over $360,000 in damages and attorney's fees to a couple she denied a marriage license. Her legal team referenced Justice Clarence Thomas's previous criticisms of the Obergefell ruling. However, the Supreme Court's decision not to hear the case suggests a lack of interest in revisiting the 2015 decision at this time.
In response to the court's action, Human Rights Campaign President Kelley Robinson stated that the decision underscores the importance of holding individuals accountable when they disregard constitutional rights. Davis, who was jailed in 2015 for contempt of court and lost her reelection bid in 2018, has become a symbol of resistance to the Supreme Court's ruling on same-sex marriage.
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