Re: Judge Rules Davis Violated Constitutional Rights of Same-Sex Couples
Originally posted by Adam_PoE
A federal judge has ruled that former Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis violated the constitutional rights of two same-sex couples when she denied them marriage licenses during the summer of 2015.In an order published Friday afternoon, United States District Judge David L. Bunning of the Eastern District of Kentucky granted summary judgment in a civil lawsuit that the two couples, David Ermold and David Moore, and James Yates and Will Smith, filed against Davis.
Now that the judgment settles the question of whether Davis violated their constitutional rights, Davis may be on the hook for the hundreds of thousands of dollars in legal fees accrued over the six-and-a-half years of litigation.
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Nice.
Court: Kim Davis Does Not Have "Qualified Immunity"
Originally posted by Adam_PoE
A federal judge has ruled that former Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis violated the constitutional rights of two same-sex couples when she denied them marriage licenses during the summer of 2015.In an order published Friday afternoon, United States District Judge David L. Bunning of the Eastern District of Kentucky granted summary judgment in a civil lawsuit that the two couples, David Ermold and David Moore, and James Yates and Will Smith, filed against Davis.
Now that the judgment settles the question of whether Davis violated their constitutional rights, Davis may be on the hook for the hundreds of thousands of dollars in legal fees accrued over the six-and-a-half years of litigation.
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Kim Davis, the former county clerk from Kentucky who refused to grant marriage licenses to same-sex couples after marriage equality was the law of the land, does not have qualified immunity, a federal court of appeals ruled on Thursday.
Davis violated the "clearly established" rights of two couples—David Ermold and David Moore; and James Yates and Will Smith—to marry "when she declined to issue marriage licenses based on her belief that same-sex marriage was immoral," Judge Richard Allen Griffin of the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals wrote.
The ruling sets up a jury trial to determine what amount of damages the plaintiffs are entitled to obtain from the anti-gay marriage clerk.
Originally posted by Robtard
Remember when this first happened and the Right welcomed her as a hero who was standing up for her beliefs?Anyhow, hopefully they get over a million in damages, sure she won't be able to pay it, but they can dock her earnings until she's dead.
But I mean, she was.
A repugnant belief perhaps, but still a belief of her religious doctrine.
Originally posted by Robtard
Remember when this first happened and the Right welcomed her as a hero who was standing up for her beliefs?Anyhow, hopefully they get over a million in damages, sure she won't be able to pay it, but they can dock her earnings until she's dead.
Maybe she can start a crowdfund on GiveSendGo.