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15 Sep 2023, 4:05 am by Howard Friedman
Last year, in a long-running case, a Kentucky federal district court held that Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis violated the constitutional rights of two same-sex couples when she refused, on religious grounds, to issue them marriage licenses. [read post]
7 Jul 2023, 1:03 pm by Ryan Goodman
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20 Apr 2023, 7:50 am by Alex Phipps
In this Vance County case, the state appealed from an order granting defendant’s motion to suppress evidence seized from his person and inside a house. [read post]
2 Oct 2022, 10:27 am by Howard Friedman
., Sept. 29, 2022), the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a Kentucky federal district court decision that Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis does not have qualified immunity in a suit against her for stopping the issuance of all marriage licenses to avoid issuing licenses to same-sex couples. [read post]
Judge David Bunning of the District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky ruled Friday that former Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis violated the constitutional rights of same-sex couples when she denied them marriage licenses during the summer of 2015. [read post]
19 Mar 2022, 8:56 pm by Howard Friedman
Davis, (ED KY, March 18, 2022), a high-profile case that has been pending since 2015, a Kentucky federal district court held that Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis violated the constitutional rights of two same-sex couples when she refused, on religious grounds, to issue them marriage licenses. [read post]
6 Oct 2020, 3:43 am by SHG
But Kim Davis was the former county clerk for Rowan County, Kentucky, who decided that she wasn’t going to comply with the law and issue marriage licenses for same-sex couples. [read post]
The US Supreme Court Monday denied a petition for a writ of certiorari  filed by a former Rowan County, Kentucky, clerk who was sued for refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples following the landmark Obergefell v. [read post]
30 Aug 2019, 12:30 pm by John Ross
The saga of Kim Davis continues, with the Sixth Circuit affirming that the former county clerk of Rowan County, Ky. does not enjoy qualified immunity for refusing to issue marriage licenses in the wake of Obergefell v. [read post]
28 Aug 2019, 5:34 am by Jonathan H. Adler
While serving as County Clerk in Rowan County, Kentucky, Davis refused to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples because, as she explained, "To issue a marriage license which conflicts with God's definition of marriage, with my name affixed to the certificate, would violate my conscience. [read post]
23 Aug 2019, 12:46 pm by Howard Friedman
., Aug. 23, 2019), the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals held that sovereign immunity protects former Rowan County, Kentucky Clerk Kim Davis, and her successor in office, from suit for damages in their official capacity. [read post]
8 Nov 2018, 4:05 am by Howard Friedman
According to the Lexington Herald-Leader, in Rowan County, Kentucky on Tuesday, county clerk Kim Davis lost her re-election bid by some 650 votes. [read post]
3 Jul 2018, 4:15 am by Howard Friedman
  The denial of review came on the same day that the Supreme Court (as previously reported) also denied certiorari in a 4th Circuit legislative prayer case-- Rowan County, North Carolina v. [read post]
2 Jul 2018, 5:21 am by Andrew Hamm
Brent Griffiths reports for Politico that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Republican of Kentucky, defended his push for a confirmation before November: “The last time I looked, there’s no presidential election this year,” McConnell said. [read post]
20 Mar 2018, 9:01 pm by Michael C. Dorf
In the Masterpiece Cakeshop case, the Supreme Court will soon decide whether the owner of a bakery has a First Amendment right to refuse to sell a wedding cake to a same-sex couple, but whatever result the Court reaches in that case, government officials stand on a different footing, as the saga of Rowan County, Kentucky clerk Kim Davis illustrated. [read post]
11 Dec 2017, 4:15 am by Howard Friedman
In 2015, Rowan County, Kentucky clerk Kim Davis was at the center of the battle over same-sex marriage as she was held in contempt for refusing to allow her office to issue marriage licenses to same-sex coupled. [read post]
25 Sep 2017, 12:47 pm by Law Offices of David P. Schwarz
(CN) – Two lawsuits against Kentucky county clerk Kim Davis – who refused to marry same-sex couples after the historic U.S. [read post]
20 Sep 2017, 4:00 am by Howard Friedman
Davis,(ED KY, Sept. 15, 2017), a Kentucky federal district court allowed plaintiffs to move ahead with their damage actions against Rowan County, Kentucky Clerk, Kim Davis, who refused to issue them marriage licenses. [read post]